I started cooking out of middle school depression.

New York ladies all look immaculate.

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.

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 totally unattached to material items.

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