“If you’re short, don’t wear extremely high heels. After a certain age, you shouldn’t wear little girls’ clothes. That’s going against your nature.”

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

For me, traveling and living are the same. How you travel is a symbol of your life.

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.

The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.

The secret is to enjoy being you.

Simplicity and sexiness, that’s what people want. At a price that’s not outrageous.

When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.

If there is one rule for dressing, for fashion, it’s pretty much the same rule as for everything else in life: Don’t go against yourself, don’t go against your own nature. It’s only going to show.

It’s important to leave your face without makeup for a while after waking up, Let your skin breathe a while before applying your makeup, even if it means waking up a bit earlier.

You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don’t exist.

The secret to a great marriage is having a great husband.

I communicate mostly via e-mail and receive hundreds of e-mails a day.

Use your brains, your common sense, and do not become an object. The way you look is important, but who you are and how you project it is eventually who you will become and how you will appear.

Building a wardrobe is like building a circle of friends your whole life…. Your own beauty is to be yourself, but of course we need tools and accessories.

The important thing is to believe in what you do. Have a big dream and take small steps.