The direction we are going in at this moment is the negation of material goods as being important and the great importance of spiritual values and sensations. Permissiveness, if you will. There is tremendous talk of sex and bi-sexuality.

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

As many Europeans and other people from other countries, I have been led into my present activity by a very specific American gift of trade.

Consumerism, what kind of car you have, what kind of house you have in the country and so on, and that is all very incidental when you examine the kind of person he may be. He may be a big bore, and then there is a person who hasn't done a thing in the world and he is a fascinating person.

I think that in the end, the people are not fooled by promotion. They want to know that something works and is right.

I don't think people today need to derive security from possessions.

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