I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people. And there are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.

Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.

There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mothers clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.

I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

I am never sure that anythings good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.

I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.

It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.