I recognize that virtually every company that comes in here has a perspective. It's often not difficult to understand why they have the perspective that they have.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

I spent my life making fashion an art form.

Marriage: The most expensive way to get your laundry done.

The best design reveals itself during a long fatiguing process of digging into the subconscious.

True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a disposition of heart to relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to the mind than to the nerves, and prompts men to use real and active endeavors to execute the actions which it suggests.