In fashion, we have a reputation for being such a façade, fake people, but none of the fashion people who I know are fake.

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’

I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when someone puts on one of my dresses.

I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.

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

I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don’t want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister.