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

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.

Sometimes you don't really need armor to feel protected. Sometimes maybe you need just a chiffon dress to hug you.

When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.

To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.

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.