The flame the force the depth of a Ruby

Giorgio Armani: A color is sustained, full of energy, that I like very much in the more vivid shades of coral and Red Tibet. For a chic woman whose style is inimitable and sophisticated.

Pierre Gagnaire: Red is life, it is the blood, is death, the lure of the muleta, prohibited, the danger, but I still, return, to the kitchen as red for me, it is also and especially eroticism of a mouth gourmet!

Veronique Nichanian: Red It is a stick of lipstick - that I never! -an object female, so sexy or even also erotic, beautiful women. And then, I think the Red-nosed clowns, a playful element and that makes me laugh. Finally, I have in mind a large red pullover, which gives a touch of brightness fabulous than or as the.

Paul Smith: The Red is strong, positive, optimistic, powerful and that is the color of our London bus!

Lorenz Bäumer: The tourmalines, garnets, sapphires, and even diamond parent red, one of my palette of jeweler's favourite colours. Red is the color which has the greatest impact on our physiological functions. It is probably for this reason that it was always associated with passion, sensuality and desire. He drew attention by guiding the eye where needed.

Matali Crasset: Red is a color very motivating, the color of passion. It can become excessive if it is not well known the dosing. Must be the dominate not the tame, which is why I used very little. It is a front color to know wear. It does not support the halftone.

Stefano Pilati, artistic director of Yves Saint Laurent: the Red It is a heroic colour.

Hélène Darroze: Red for me, it immediately is the colour of the cape of the torero of bullfighting. Where the special atmosphere of the ferias, party, friends, my Southwest. But also this if particular moment of the battle between the bull and matador, where mixed anxiety, fear, excitement... Côté cuisine, red is found in the glass of red wine accompanying a dish found in peppers of Espelette, always Southwest.

Jean-Claude Ellena, perfumer of Hermes: the Red A color without odour. This may seem paradoxical but most red flowers do not smell - other than roses. The nature between the flowers of a beautiful fireworks of seduction did not find it necessary to add a smell to facilitate pollination.

Frédéric Malle, editor of fragrances: it is the ultimate color, to the point that it becomes almost neutral. A kind of non-couleur. It is a Rainbow in either case, both can be live this colour in a different way.

Maurizio Galante, designer: Red is the only colour that contains balanced manner elements and messages which contrast. This color accompanies us every day; It symbolizes life and vitality. Our showroom in Paris is thought as a box of Red jewels. The wall hangings from the wall to ceiling are three-dimensional and manufactured by our workshops. We wanted to create a welcoming environment offers an intimate and privileged moment and we find that over the years the red highlights and oversees all other colours.

Jacques Garcia: Red, it is the passion and the blood. And blood and passion, it is life.

Pierre Hermé, pastry: the Red is synonymous with greed, sensual, strawberry, raspberry, currant.

Peter Phillips, international Director of the creation of Chanel makeup: Red is a promise. It is love, hate, a flower, blood, life, death, passion. It is a warrior, a lover, a lip, a nail. The red, it's Chanel.

Felipe Oliveira Battista, artistic director of Lacoste: Red Passion, blood, danger, Ferrari and Coca-Cola - creator of Santa Claus!

Tyen, make-up Dior Creative Director: Red is the color of love. It is also the passion, desire and seduction.

Olivier Echaudemaison, creative director, Guerlain: Red is an exciting, energizing, exciting colour. In my universe of beauty and makeup, it is in the "red" Lipstick, produced Lighthouse par excellence in which I think. Why red lipstick and pink or beige lipstick It has become the generic name of makeup, that each girl stole his mother to 4 or 5 years to become a Princess, in French, a star, a lady. The color that will transform the ingenue in femme fatale! A color, on the mouth, which affects the cheeks is shining eyes, illuminate the smile. A grey day, a shot of lipstick... and everything is light! It is the essential complement to the small dress to be in mourning but rather sexy Parisienne. The touch of sophistication necessary for the evening, at night. A talented illustrator, oatmeal, which had a great sense of chic and style, always painted the lips of his sketched women of scarlet. Lipstick is a product of massive chopping, even on a desert island seduction!

Mathilde Laurent, Cartier parfumeuse: red, are the entrails, blood. It is organic, it is the color of life. And that is "anti-parfumistique": this is a color without odour...

John Galliano, artistic director of Christian Dior Couture: Red is bold. Red is passionate. Red is a blush, but also the trace of a scarlet red lipstick. Red is fiery, fearless: the red rose is the ultimate symbol of love and chivalry. The red, it is all the contradictions of a heart beating.

Serge Lutens: Blood.

Nathalie Rykiel: This is not a color. It is an emotion. A composition of Stockhausen. An explosion, violence, a magnificence. Everything is possible. The flame, the force, the depth of a Ruby. Energy. Intensity, the only one. Red, is what remains when we would like to hide everything. And a mainly on kiss...

Bernard Fornas, Cartier International President: Red is first and foremost a Cartier signed history. Simple and beautiful all at once, the Cartier red and gold box is an object in itself, a miniature jewel. A red which expresses the enchantment, a red box which opens on the pleasure and surprise. Red is the color of beauty, desire, color by excellence, but it is above all the color of passion.