My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island.

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

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

Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.

I'm a happy fellow. I feel very privileged, lucky, that I have had a wonderful life. And that I have been always allowed to do what I love.

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.

Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.