Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that's straight off the runway. I'm interested in a Girl who puts herself together in an ORIGINAL INDEPENDENT Way

I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.

In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.

I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced by all sorts of different people, and culture and also across the street. So I saw more as a trickle up, than a trickle down influence. When I came to Vogue, that's what I wanted it to reflect.

One wants to be surprised.

Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football

When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.