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

A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on.

My customers are successful workingwomen.

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.

I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.

What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.