I think people who are attracted to the fashion industry are people who are really insecure and looking for a certain identity.

It's funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don't think anyone wants to walk down the street and feel vulnerable. You want to walk down the street and feel like you're in control.

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?

Maybe it's because I'm a designer, but when I am in a state of excitement, everything is so sharp and colorful and amazing, and I can look at blue and I see the yellow in it and the green in it, and the green-blues, the yellow-blues, so.

My own sex life is very monogamous and happy . . . just a happy married sex life!

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.