The greenest thing you could do in fashion, is to buy something great that you’re going to use for years

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

You need to be curious one way or another as a designer. Your eye has to stay curious. I look at people and think about how they live. I think about bodies.

Americans are always a little bit insecure.

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!'

I can sketch up a storm, and I'm very involved in how clothes are constructed, but I have a short attention span.