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.

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.

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

50s cheesecake meets Eskimo fake fur.

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.

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

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