I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me.

I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion.

Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others.

Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you're standing in a room, your effect is the same as a chair's effect, or a sculpture's. You're part of someone's view, you're part of that world, and so you should dress well. I find it's a show of respect to try to put on your best face and look as good as you can.

Give me the control, don't ever come on the set, and I'll show it to you when it's cut.

People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me.