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

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.

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman.

Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.

The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.

Style begins by looking good naked. It's a discipline. And if you don't dress well every day, you lose the habit. It's not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.