I want a woman to feel the cut of the scissors in the clothes.

I'm a label that wants to sell. I believe in clothes.

I have made bouquets of pleats, bouquets of flowers, bouquets of ruffles, bouquets of feathers. Often I design in mousseline, held tightly around the waist, and with something else going on all around.

I don't shop. I buy things that inspire me, that give me emotion.

Chic is when a woman is in harmony with herself.

Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I'm there, it's like a holiday.

I like things that are kind of eclectic, when one thing doesn't go with another. That's why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It's where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance, where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. That's my style, and that's what my work is about.