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

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

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

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.

Any business is the same in the beginning because nobody knows where it's going to ride.

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

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