I love to design for women, it's really open and very free. I always think of my friends. I think of both fictitious characters, real people from the past and the present. I am not a woman, but I find women so beautiful and so fascinating.

It's the things that aren't accepted as conventionally beautiful that I find more attractive.

Sephora's business is really smart and clever - I'm all for anything that gets people up and out and into the social experience of shopping.

I guess when I look over my shoulder at other designers, I feel like people are so definitive. It's so clear to me what their aesthetic is, what they're projecting. And I look at my own work and I think, Who could ever decipher what the hell is going on?

One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.

You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that's flawless. You aren't going to be able to buy the same diamond at Fortunoff, but it's still a diamond you can enjoy. If fashion can allow you to have the Chanel mystique through a lipstick, then why shouldn't art allow you to have that through a sweatshirt that says 'Cremaster' on it?

I don’t throw cell phones. I don’t hurt people, I only hurt myself.