When I worked with Gianni Versace at the end of his life, I was the person with whom he would confide and say anything. If there was something I didn't like, I would be honest and say, "No, no, no! Do something different."

Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much.

You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can’t expect years and years of it.

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.

What is comfortable fashion? To be comfortable, that can't be in the vocabulary of fashion. If you want to be comfortable, stay home in your pajamas.

I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.

The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.