Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.

Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.

Everybody needs a killer LBD. If you're a woman, you should find that LBD that gives you that extra pep and confidence.

Every seam, every lace, every bead has been painstakingly, with love, corrected, perfected and mastered.

I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way.

There’s not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.