I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Thomas Edison I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

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.

I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.

Cars are like children: It's hard to say that any one is more special than the other. There are little things about each car that you come to love, whether it's the look, the steering wheel, the way it drives, or even the way it drives differently when you put the top up. They all have identities; they have spirits and characteristics that are truly endearing in some way.

I think the people who work with me are people who love style themselves. I'm leaving the office and they're still working. They're passionate.

Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.