Astrid Berges-Frisbey Quotes

I love Chanel.

We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.

I love Karl Lagerfeld. I worship him. I was brought up in Paris, and my mum used to wear a lot of Chanel. I love the brand.

My grandmother used to really love fashion, and she always had Chanel No. 5 on her dressing table, and Chanel bags. That's when I really started falling in love with the brand and fashion in general.

Armani is a fashion house that I think is iconic and beautiful.

I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there.

My favorite designer has to be Louis Vuitton.

Red certainly is the family color. From my mother and my grandmother, I've learned a lot of little tricks - the significance of color and lipstick being one of them. I started skating when I was eight years old, and my mom did my makeup for me back then.

The worlds of art and fashion have always been very intertwined at Dior. Francois-Xavier Lalanne and his wife, Claude, for instance, did windows for Monsieur Dior. Dior himself was a gallerist before becoming the revolutionary fashion designer we all know.

You know, I loved math. My mom was a math teacher.

I'm merely a fan of fashion from high end to streetwear, from Nike to Comme des Garcons.

When I was 18, my mum gave me all the clothes she'd had made at the famous haute couture fashion label, House of Worth, in Paris. Of course, I eventually trashed them all.

I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition.

You definitely need to have red lipstick no matter what. You can have a great outfit, but it will always give you that extra little pop. I also love perfume. It doesn't even matter what the perfume is. I like to smell sweet.

As long as I have fashion memories, Schiaparelli has been there.

I love Prada, Miu Miu, and Zimmermann. And, apparently, I love Carolina Herrera.

I especially like Lanvin.

I swear by Too Faced's Milk Chocolate Soleil matte bronzer. My boyfriend thinks I eat chocolate before I see him because it smells like it.

My mother has been in films for 50 years. She is very insightful. She has been invaluable to me in choosing films and other routine things.

I'm influenced a lot by Chanel and by what Karl Lagerfeld has done.

Prince was outside his dressing room, shaking one of those little Easter egg maracas. His hair was straightened to a soft wave; his eyelashes were unfairly lovely. He smelled like the most expensive shelf in the Sephora perfume aisle. This man wearing eyeliner, heels and ladies' perfume somehow managed to be more masculine than the burly bodyguard.

In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a picture of me. I agreed to do it, because I'm not unused to sitting for portraits: my father was a commercial artist and I used to model for him.

I love Dior and Commes des Garcons, but I can't really afford them.

Both my uncles were in bands, my grandpa was a comedian who wore clown makeup on stage.

I knew about boxing, as my dad could fight. He had a successful security firm in Liverpool, and I'd see him come back from a jog before shadow boxing in the back yard. I'd watch and replicate what he was doing, as kids do. It's funny how things turn out.