We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end - it's not the final curtain - it's really in the doing it, and loving what you're doing.

I'm designing what I want. If it's a man's coat with a pair of skinny-leg jeans, I'll do that. It's whatever my mood is. But it's about style, and it's about an understated taste that's cool.

My father was an artist. When life was harder and he couldn't get jobs, he painted houses, but he was artistic. When I went to see his work, it was special. Somewhere along the line, I felt I was special. I didn't know why.

I have always done what I love myself. My philosophy was that I never had focus groups. I did what I wear.

I'm interested in longevity, timelessness, style - not fashion.

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

Having success at an early age gave me more of a sense of what's important in life rather than always driving to make it.