I do think there is a lack of modernity at the moment - and I don't even like that word, modernity, anymore. There aren't enough designers today anyway - there are more stylists.

How many times have people said to me, "I think those pants are incredible, but I could never wear them." Well, why not? What's so different about these pants? I wear very classic things, but maybe with a little change here or there.

You cannot squelch what's happening at the moment - you cannot put a lid on it and squash it down.

I do think there is a lack of modernity at the moment - and I don't even like that word, modernity, anymore. There aren't enough designers today anyway - there are more stylists.

I personally do not think that I have ever done, in my working life, anything vulgar. I know I've done provocative things.

There are some very creative people out there who are like Steven Meisel, and that is why their work is so extraordinary.

I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond - he was just so elegant and had this freedom of body.