A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal combination.

There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my designs.

My goal is: I'm not trying to be snobby, but my clothes are not for everyone, not for every Hollywood celebrity. There is a designer for everyone, and a celebrity for every designer.

I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But Im a glass half-full kind of guy.

It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns.

I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck.

There's such a feeling of satisfaction when something you imagined turned into something real.