Designer

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.

Sometimes you see women that don't realize that age is changing your style, and they don't change.

The red carpet is very important. You have to be very careful to have the right person dressed in right way. For me, it has to be a perfect look.

You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.

For me, fashion begins in New York.

Intuition is a strong feminine quality.

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

You have to have talent to design and to dress thousands of women or millions of women around the world. And you know very well, the only thing they want is to look more beautiful.

We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.

You can be very feminine and be a leader. Christine Lagarde, she's very chic and she dresses very well, and she's a woman. And she has a lot of power.

We always know better than anybody else what looks best on us. Even if people are complimenting you, if you think, 'I hate what I have on,' it's not right.

You have to deal with the fashion egos. You know, there is a lot. It shouldn't be treated that seriously because fashion is only making dresses to make women look beautiful. We're not inventing anything new.

Fashion is a dream. It's difficult, and there are many aspects of fashion that are very difficult, but if you love it like I do, because I really have a passion, now, for fashion, it's not easy, but nothing is easy in life.

I believe that you have to treat the people who work with you like your family.

Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community.

In general, fashion is challenging. Everything from clothes to fragrances.

I always remember my childhood house with happy memories. There was a beautiful garden, and outside my bedroom window was a jasmine vine which would open in the evenings, giving off a divine scent.

There's a tendency for designers to embellish the size of their business. I never lie.