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

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.

I encourage you to stop saying, "I just want to look not so bad" and instead say, "I want to look fabulous."

I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.

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.

Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on

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