I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.

Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.

My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best.

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

Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure. Fragrance must be introduced properly. A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.

Fashion is a trend, style is within a person.

The essence of style is how you live your life