I love the idea of a woman's suit, but I wanted something that was a little easier to wear.

Designing the prints was very much like writing a story with characters, [inspired by] some of my my favorite icons of the time: Eva Perón and Josephine Baker.

You walk a fine line when you have a performance at a show just as you do with having celebrities attend a show - you never want the attention to be drawn too far away from the clothing.

Music is such an important element in creating the drama that a runway show needs in order to be memorable and to make the clothes come to life.

I love the idea of a woman's suit, but I wanted something that was a little easier to wear.

I've always been a huge fan of matching sets and vibrant prints.

The music should highlight nuances within a collection. I always discard my initial music selection, but it's important to get those more obvious ideas on the table, that way you can move on to something more abstract, yet still relevant.