My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, 'That's what I am'

Women think black is the most flattering color, but they're wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.

My customers are successful workingwomen.

The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman's life and maybe never stops growing.

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.

Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.

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