The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The color of a flower. The shape of a butterly's wing. The juxtaposition of an old tenement building next to a shiny new skyscraper.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.