I'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try on my clothes and she feels beautiful, I know I am doing my job.

I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.

I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.

I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.

I think that because I'm overweight, [my] fantasy was lightness. So I project my fantasy to the clothes, and now all I do is light, light clothes because it's the one thing I don't have. That is why I'm too afraid to lose weight because then I might make heavy clothes.

I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.