Designer

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

My customers are successful workingwomen.

If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

Every season I am inspired by women.

I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.

I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.

Every season I am inspired by women.

I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.