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

There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.

A gift to mankind; the next Elizabeth Taylor in the making

There are so many images out there, so many clothes out there, and the only ones that look interesting to me are the ones that look slightly mistaken.

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

In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.

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.