Emphasize comfort without compromise.

Of course sportsmen and women are not only great role models, they are great fashion models too, as they are at the peak of physical perfection.

Elegance does not catch the eye. It stays in memory.

I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting.

Clean lines have always been important to me, both in terms of interiors as well as fashion. For interiors, I am more interested in textures and surface treatments than bold color or print - the vein on a wood or the shine on a lacquer, for example. I know immediately when something isn't working - usually it's a question of consistency - and I make instantaneous decisions on how to remedy the situation.

I've tried to find a new elegance. It's not easy because people want to be shocked. They want explosive fashion. But explosions don't last, they disappear immediately and leave nothing but ashes.

Elegance is not to be noticed, but to be remembered.