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

Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.

Nothing says spring like hand-cut flowers.

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

When I was a boy, I thought scent was contained in dewdrops on flowers and if I got up very early in the morning, I could collect it and make perfume.

Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great - besides me, of course.

The most important thing? Perfect lighting at all times.