Without any kind of real ego on my part, I just thought, I'm going to approach the people I admire and see if they want to do something together.

Fashion isn't a necessity. It pulls at your heart. It's a whim. You don't need it. You want it.

Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed for many years but I'm a collaborator there and I bring in other people, other artists and I work with a great creative design team.

I do think that in order for a company to be interesting to the investment community, there needs to be a plan; there needs to be a bigger retail footprint. There needs to be this idea - DNA, lifestyle, words I hate.

I always say that I'm not the director, I'm part of the team.

I always say I lived my life with my grandmother. She was emotionally stable, and she was very encouraging to me.

I believe that anything can be for men or women. I mean, I've worn a lace dress before!