I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'

Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.

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?

What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.

I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'

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

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