Biography

Among his favorite models in the past were Claudia Schiffer and Stella Tennant.

Said on Larry King Live (1985) that he stopped celebrating his birthdays when he turned 30.

Although he states he was born in 1938, a Catholic baptismal record indicate his date of birth as 10 September 1933.

Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

Designed outfits for the concert tours of Madonna and Kylie Minogue.

Catherine Princess of Wales has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy (Prince William of Wales). I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties. On the other hand, her sister (Pippa Middleton) struggles. I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back.

[on Meryl Streep after she rejected the Chanel dress made for her to wear at the Oscars] After we gift her a dress that's 100,000 Euros [$105,000], we found later we had to pay [for her to wear it]. We give them dresses, we make the dresses, but we don't pay. (...) She could keep the [rejected] dress because of the size. It's couture. It's perfect for her. (...) A genius actress, but cheapness also, no? [Feb. 23, 2017]

I'm very much down to earth, just not this earth.

I am puritan at heart, very much so - probably a self-preservation instinct or something like that. I'm hopelessly strait-laced. I've never drunk alcohol or smoked or took drugs. I've always been a bit of an outsider. That's why it's been easier for me to survive than for some others.

I'm a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm.