Catherine Malandrino

Fur is my default, my indulgence. All human beings and myself have a lot of defaults. Many indulgences.

Every woman in America has a French dream in her head, especially a Parisian one.

I grew up in the Alps and France, and Barbie was my first exposure to the American woman. For me she was blonde, she was free and she was fun.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.