If I'm in Italy I'm going to have a cappuccino and two small brioches and then a mix of orange and grapefruit. I don't drink tea in Italy.

I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.

I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

In a creative business, if you're happy, it will come out in your work. I don't see how you can be happy if you don't like the people you're working with and if they aren't a joy to have fun with.

The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

Be completely true to yourself and you'll be happy.