I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, 'This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.' But then, that's the goal: world domination through style.

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.

You have to love what you do to the point that you can't imagine doing anything else with your life.

You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

Fashion is, after all, a form of escapism, and in fact people are buying more special things than ever, nowadays. They deny and deny themselves, and wait and wait, and then they get sick of it and spend to make themselves feel better.

Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give.