The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

It takes tremendous will to compete in any athletic endeavor, so it meant going to bed early and getting my homework done in advance. I had to sacrifice things, like a social life, to be a skater at 15. But I loved skating so much that it was worth everything to me.

The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.

I started at the very highest level so the upper end is something I know very well. I know it instinctively. But all the years I was designing, it frustrated me that I could reach so few women. Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. So my being able to reach the masses was something that meant a great deal to me - especially for women who could never wear Vera Wang.