It's hard sometimes to take a step back and realize what's happened because you're always trying to move forward. You're always looking at the next palette.

I've always said I'm not the kind of designer who likes to lock himself away in a studio and let the rest of the company deal with it. I work very closely with everyone on the team.

I think everyone shares a fear of failure - that you're only as good as your most recent collection. That's definitely a fear, but it's a fear that fuels me, that makes me want to work harder, that makes me take on more challenges.

Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes.

Time passes faster and faster, but with every project I always want to find the next challenge and the next challenge is just as exciting as the previous one.

If you're designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer's not going to take notice.