I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.

If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different

My dream is to be a doctor. I'm almost working in a laboratory, because I'm trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving.

I think fashion is about longevity and doing your work. It isn't about winning or losing. It's about process, keeping it going.

Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?

Fashion is about having a fantasy.

I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.