Today people are a hundred times more interested in the personality of the person they are with than the clothes he wears.

Today people are a hundred times more interested in the personality of the person they are with than the clothes he wears.

Americans are responsible not only for really starting a lot of things in a lot of countries, but also for giving people the confidence to do things they might never have thought to do.

American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of.

We are in a very strange way going back to the mentality of the time when Americans went in covered wagons. I imagine they had a piece of cloth, and the piece of furniture they carried with them meant to be a good piece of wood, and sturdy. We're going back to that.

You can wear your hair long or wear a beard because you want to show that you are interested in thought, in psychological endeavors rather than appearance.

Gaiety is one of the most important elements I brought to fashion. I brought it through color.