Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or of a leaf. Sometimes my patterns are very bold, and you can barely see where they come from, but all the textures and all the prints come out of nature.

You don't want to exaggerate any feature noticeably. I think only truly beautiful women can exaggerate and they usually don't have to.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same.

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

That wonderful and terribly frightening journey of self-discovery. That process of growth, of being an independent person, of learning who you are and what you want from life, is the real secret of life, happiness and beauty.

Simplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous.