A great dress can make you remember what is beautiful about life.

People around the world just want self-respect. They want to take care of themselves, they want to pay for their own bills, they want to take care of their families.

When I met with Deepak Chopra, instead of asking him for something, I offered something. You can always think of things that are not really any costs to you that still have a huge benefit.

I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.

Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.

Choose something that you're passionate about. So for me, that's creating jobs for women who don't have a voice. I would like to be their voice until they're strong enough and on their feet to have their own and really be heard. The way that I can do that is not necessarily by hand-outs, because my hand-outs wouldn't be great enough to really affect change. It's by providing jobs.

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.