Art is your oxygen.

Friend and museIsabelle Huppertfollowed up with a heartfelt speech of her own.

Im no fashion expert; I wear clothes, she deadpanned.

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François-Henri Pinault and Demna.

I like wearing clothes.

Sometimes not so much.

But often, theyre amusing.

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Danielle Slavik and Demna.

Especially these last few years.

When you look closely, there is an extraordinary creativity, but also something very simple and direct.

Danielle Slavik and Demna.

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François-Henri Pinault, Isabelle Huppert, Demna, and Rachida Dati.

Shes the only person in my family who knows how to put color together, he offered.

She was really my teacher, in a way.

The idea of France came through her.

Its the country where Ive lived the longest in my life.

Its chez moi, its my home.

But anyway, you cant become French in one evening.

Its a long transition.

But Im getting better [at it].

Its probably the most important thing I have done working here.

After tonights celebration, he said that work was top of mind.

Fashions such a transformative power.

Im very happy to be in fittings, cutting and pinning.

Its almost like a meditation for me.

But maybe its just because I love making clothes.

Francois-Henri Pinault, Isabelle Huppert, Demna, and Rachida Dati.