The well dressed man never stands out in a crowd; his elegance sets him apart.

I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.

Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.

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.

I hate pretty. It’s a very empty word. It gives a bad name to beauty.

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

Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.