But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry.

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

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.

In Italy, the Milanese are well organized but follow bourgeois taste. They adhere to certain codes of elegance, but not to individualism.

For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.

Italy is a divided country without a center.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.