Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed hasn't much to do with having good clothes. It's a question of good balance and good common sense.

I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.

There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.

A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important.

The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die. We always think we are going to live forever. The dying aspect we will never accept. The one thing about having this kind of warning is how you appreciate every single day of life.

You don't go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.

When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear it- it is at that point that it becomes fashion.