..It's not about age...I believe women of all ages can wear anything.

There is a way of living that has a certain grace and beauty. It is not a constant race for what is next, rather, an appreciation of that which has come before. There is a depth and quality of experience that is lived and felt, a recognition of what is truly meaningful. These are the feelings I would like my work to inspire. This is the quality of life that I believe in.

My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'

Some days I have a knot in my stomach because I've got to sit down and come up with something in womenswear that no one else came up with.

My wife Ricky is my muse. Her personal style and natural beauty have always been my inspiration.

As a kid, I was always into clothes, but I didn't have the money to buy them. When I'd get my brothers' hand-me-downs, there was an energy in me that made me say, "I want to get my own things, to make my own statement." Somewhere along the line, that energy - coupled with my exposure, through movies, to a world I hadn't known - turned into something.

When I create a collection, I approach it with a cinematic point of view-I am not designing clothes, I'm creating a world.