People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.

The fashion industry can in a certain way be very hard and closed.

Everything I do is really an expression of myself, through colors and shapes and, at the same time, I try to explain what I feel not only as a creator but also as a woman. I cannot separate one from the other.

It is a very important matter, as a woman, to juggle everything... Your professional life, family, children etc.

Your body can be very female, which is something you can do nothing about, but then you can have the soul, the mind and the spirit of both male and female. The women friends I am closest to somehow have this masculine side to them, they shove their hands in their pockets when they walk: I love that side.

The essence of seduction for me in a man, although it stems from his rough, almost rough-neck looks, still contains something of the woman: he must be seductive and intelligent.

I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very interesting. So I hid that.