I swore that I wouldn't be one of those parents who leaves a Bugaboo pram parked in the communal entry hall. Well guess what, ours is there right now.

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

I don't work for money any longer. I'm fortunate enough not to need to work for money, but I work for pride; I work because I love to work, and so the idea that one could lose control of one's own name and that things could be produced with your name on that you were not proud of scared me.

Part of my family were ranchers. So you were expected to be quite macho. You weren't expected to cry. I was the exact opposite of that.

In fashion as in life, the right thing at the right time is the right thing. The right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

France? I don't want to be anti-French but there isn't a more unattractive group of people on the streets.

Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners.