I have my fashion empire to build.

When I started, department stores were either very fashion, or very tailored, so the two never mixed. I mixed it, and they said you're too tailored for fashion and too fashion for tailoring. So I had to move the market. So that's what I did.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.

I'm ready to do womenswear. You've always got to be inspired by something new - women have so much more shape and I'm about finding what to engineer around those shapes.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.

In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.

Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response.