It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.
In fashion even what seems most fragile must be built on cement.
All my seams have meaning - they emphasize something about the body.
There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.
Fashion, after all, is magic and miracleโฆintended to bestow proportion and beauty where both have been lost or faded with the years.
A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.