I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.

I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.

It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.

I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.

When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

I never think I have to prove something.

I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.

Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.

The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.

I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.

There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.

Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.

I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.

The less you have, the more you enjoy.

My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'

I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?

I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.

I am Parisian. I don't love the French.

I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.

I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.

I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.

People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.

I'm always independent. No boss.