If you're an open book, there's no allure.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I always, always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of twelve. I followed designer's careers. I knew Giorgio Armani was a window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro was a tailor.

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.

There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.