Deepika is one of my absolute favourite Bollywood actors. It is wonderful to have someone of her stature wearing my brand

Nails are the period at the end of the sentence. They complete the look

I tweet myself and do all the Facebook updates. It started off with me wondering whether I was showing off and I was very careful about what I wrote.

Always aspire to become the next you, not someone else

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

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.

I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.