The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a national neurotic society of creative leaders in various fields of fashion.

I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.

Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.

Style begins by looking good naked

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.

I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink. Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.