I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors have to have a successful season, too.

Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!

I think that fashion has become such a big business and with globalization we are on new territory at this point. We are not just designing for a country we are designing for a world now.

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

I just love the whole idea of conversational prints.

I’m always about optimism and exuberance. It’s what I feel about fashion.

I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, "Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all."