I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?

Save the rainforest for your loved ones

Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.

Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothesI mean, I know I’m lucky, I can just take things and borrow them and I’m just okay, but I hate having too many clothes. And I think that poor people should be even more careful. It doesn't mean therefore you have to just buy anything cheap. Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.

I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.