I never loved the world around me as it was.

That was the idea behind glam clubs like Seven and The New Eve. You could eat and dance to live music. To enter you had to descend a grand staircase.

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable.

I think it's always difficult to reconcile the needs of art and business.

But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship.