Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.

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.

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.

Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

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

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