I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.

Glamour is beyond beauty and beyond age. It's like sex appeal.

The word "elegance" is a bit different now.

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 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.

I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.