Black, white and nude are my essential colors. Each time I start a collection, I start with these colors; they are the elemental colors we refer to from the beginning.

I think more and more that I get to challenge myself and kind of raise the standard for myself every season. Even the term fashion is about change. It's about newness. And what that newness means is different every 10 years, every five years.

I could never live without artwork. It's a constant inspiration.

I realize that I live in the same environment that I did when I was a kid, but with less junk and better art.

No scent is more sensual or more memorable to me than musk.

Latin men love Latin women, it is part of the culture, we celebrate women in a very special way and I think that is present in my work. I do it by making them beautiful, sensual.

Don't you think that a lot of designers get into fashion because they have something about themselves that they don't like?