A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that.

I think that they haven't been able to perfect a good facelift for a man.

I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.

Banking types should take their cue from Gordon Gekko. Or pick the best-looking banker in their firm and copy him.

When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the product. So when a woman is sifting through a rack of clothes, somehow that piece of clothing that you had so much fun designing speaks to her she responds to it and buys it. I believe you can actually transfer that energy to material things as you're creating them.

The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think.