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.

People say it's really the press who create those soundbites about fashion. That's what sells magazines and clothes.

A bathroom should be sterile and beautiful and functional. It should exude Japanese-style purity.

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

I have a lot of obligations.

You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.

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.