Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

I don't like to follow too many trends because trends tend to make women look like they are wearing uniforms.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

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

You have to find your own style, and it's difficult to define what style is. It's not what you're wearing; it's how you wear it. It's something very personal, and it reflects the way you live and your house, the books you read, the art you have.

British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.