I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.

I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.

I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion.

I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family.

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.

Mid-'80s in New York was fantastic. I remember my first Gay Pride parade in the city. Where I grew up was very sheltered, so when I got to the city, there was this freedom and so much happening. At the same time, there was this pressure of AIDS and everything else. New York is so different today.

I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable.