Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.

I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.

In fashion, you have to have perseverance. You have to do it again and again, but it's something that comes out of my heart, and I love it.

I believe that you have to treat the people who work with you like your family.

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.

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

Something you wore three months ago, maybe you don't wear it again. I am a great believer that if something looks very good on you, you can wear it again, and it's not the end of the world.