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.

Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable.

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

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

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

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing

The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.