The whole season thing is nonsense. It's either beautiful or it isn't. That's something I really learned when I started collecting dresses.

Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body. So who do we design for - do we design for the screen, or do we design for women?

Fashion is about having a fantasy.

I do sport at the gym a few times a week, but I hate it. Work is my only remedy. I feel so twisted and horrible in the morning, but then I go to the office and I start feeling better. Work is my Tylenol. Extra-strength.

I am very much a people person.

I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.

I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.