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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.