The Paris store Colette is successful because it's a filter for things that are made elsewhere. It's the kind of store France needs.
With the development of the Christian Lacroix house in Paris and my work notably for the theater, it wasn't serious doing things by half.
Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.