I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. It's just because I don't have much time.

I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting to learn. That really excites me.

People don't really go to museums in Rio. I shouldn't say it's not sophisticated, but, you know, they go to the beach.

When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic.

I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right.

I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

I didn't know who Calvin Klein was, really. But Brooke Shields, we knew her from those incredible commercials - "There's nothing between me and my Calvins." I knew very little about American fashion then. I had no money, and Charivari was very educational to me. And Parachute. I was fascinated by those stores. I couldn't buy anything; I just went through the clothes.