The minute it gets to a runway, you're tempted to do some high jinks. I don't want to show something I won't produce. I want people to wear the clothes I show.

People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, 'Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly!'

Put on a trench, you're suddenly Audrey Hepburn walking along the Seine.

I think to be empathetic is the greatest gift you can have as a designer. Hopefully, people will look at me and say, 'He really loved women.'

I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.

I mean you might have wanted Carrie Bradshaw, but to me she's like toddlers and tiaras gone berserk!

The perfect accessory can make the difference between looking blah and totally to die for