In anything you do, it's important to have your own personality there.

Politics are private. I don't understand people who try to convince you to join one party or another.

You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, but I don't get tired of it.

I can get ready in 10 minutes.

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.

I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O'Hara.

I have a responsibility to the woman of today - to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful.