When I go on my boat or to my vacation houses, where I still unfortunately spend very little time, I don't go with the celebrities I know but with a close group of friends and people who have worked with me for a long time.

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer.

It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric - without a practical or visual reality.

It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way.

My aesthetic is about simplicity, elegance, and comfort, whether that is interpreted in a man's suit or a track suit.

I am impressed with America's capacity for change, and their ability to bring someone as inspirational as Barack Obama into the White House.

War taught me that not everything is glamorous.