I don't want the collections to look like a potpourri. It has to have a cohesive idea, and it has to be glamorous and beautiful and fit well.

Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside.

People confuse vulgar and naked with sexiness. You want the mystery!

Fashion is magical, a fantasy. It's madness, and it doesn't last. It's changing all the time.

I think a sense of humor is the most important thing anyone can have.

The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.