The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy

Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up

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

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine

Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.

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