I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.

I suppose the most daring thing I've ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.

When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.

On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.

I have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets.

I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.