As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.

Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.

I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'

Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.

I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.

If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'

We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.

I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.

When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.

I discovered the slip dress, which I think is one of the more French things because when you take off your clothes, even when to go into a shop to buy something, or you're going to Riccardo Tisci to try on a suit, it's like having protection.

There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.

The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.

I think that each woman, whatever age, needs to recognize something good in her body. Someone has beautiful legs, someone has beautiful hair, someone else has beautiful decolletage or a beautiful waist or beautiful hands. Everyone has something great.

Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.

When I don't know what to wear, I wear black lace.

We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.

Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.

Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.

I don't like intellectuals, or, at least, people who call themselves that way, because I am under the impression that there is always something condescending in their demeanour, and I don't like condescending people.

Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.

I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.

It's always fun when people ask you for advice.

If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.

Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.

Fashion is a hard business.

I love the noise of my wooden clogs on my wooden floor. Dancers wear clogs. They're good for you.

Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.

You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.

If you listen too much, you won't be able to create.

If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.

'Vogue' is a bigger name than my name.

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.

I think that Americans, they love comfort more than Europeans. Americans created the T-shirt, the sweat pants, and they create the best sporting shoes.

I hate mules. I hate the noise when someone walks with mules. Clomp, clomp, clomp. I think it's very not chic. I don't even like a flip-flop. I don't like this noise.

The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.

If I'm doing something in fashion, I will try to respect the 'laws' of the business, but I will try to keep my integrity and my respect for the designers and for my readers.

I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.

As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.

Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.

I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'

Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.

I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.

If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'

We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.

I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.