A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives.

I hate clothes that look saleable. I love when they look desirable.

Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs.

I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.

The influence of Paris, for instance, is now minimal. Yet a lot is written about Paris fashion.

Clothes should be as interesting on the inside as on the outside. Even if you enjoy it totally alone, it's important.

When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens.