At 13, I was wearing plain t-shirts. Then I used to steal my mom's clothing. She had all these crushed-velvet shirts with French-cut sleeves. And, like, seersucker bell-bottoms.
I adore my apartment in New York. It was a ballroom that I remade, so it's like a loft but done by Louis the Fifteenth.
I love French style from the Thirties and Forties. French movie stars like Jean Gabin and Yves Montand had so much natural, effortless style.
I'm always fetishizing the French woman and French taste and style. My assistant will make fun of me because every time we're picking the direction of a collection, I say the same thing: 'I want it to be really French.'
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.
In my case you can pretty well figure that you can put a beret and a mustache on just about anything you want and it looks like me.
Yohan Cabaye. He's a French player, and he dresses really well every day. There's no effort. That's how I like to dress.
Sometimes I wake up and I think I should start wearing a beret, but I don't do it. One day I'm gonna, though. You bet your ass, I will have a beret on. That's ridiculous, but it's true. I always fight with wearing a beret.
My style is quite clean, vintage, and almost French in a way.
The French always seemed to be so chic. The food was better, the clothes were better, the makeup was better, the hair was better. Everything was better in France.
Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!
Women take great care of themselves in France. It's a culture dedicated to making women beautiful and to manners.
My mother is from Paris, so she was quite a fashion plate. I always had that French influence at home.
I'm really into fashion, and there's this fascination the world over around this idea of the French woman.
There is a certain dignity to being French.
The silhouette is the most important thing in clothes. Every French girl knows that. High-waisted trousers give you long legs and a pretty bum which, after all, is what we all want.
The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion.
I've never felt like a French actress.
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.
French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism.
I think the French girls are fabulous.
I love fashion because it can change to suit your mood. I'm very drawn to classic silhouettes, menswear-inspired pieces, and anything that feels a little French. I'm also inspired by Brit girl style.
When a garment is in sync with your body and its proportions, it looks and feels amazing, and in France that is something that all women know from a young age.
My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality.
I'm speaking in very broad brushstrokes, but in France, there's generally this idea that you should look like the best version of the age that you are.
