All women like to have their clothes admired, and those that deny it are lying.

I find that it is much easier now for women to be in any position because, as you see, they are presidents of banks, they are prime ministers, they are doctors. Everything is about women.

Just wear what you think looks beautiful.

I'm not in the fashion business; I'm in the beauty business.

I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

Have I ever been horrified to see someone in my clothes? Many times, but I close my eyes and look the other way. That happens to everyone. What can you do? Go and tell her, 'Don't wear that dress again'? We designers always have fantasies in our heads, but the difficult task is to make them reality. Because you can be the best designer, but designing in your own place and with nobody wearing [your clothes], then what happens? You're nowhere.

It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer.