Jean -paul gaultier

I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.

Fashion is not art. Never.

Always my collections are made of different influences.

People are so codified - it's sad.

I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.

I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace.

The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women...

Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.

I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

It is beautiful to be what you are.