I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public..

You feel very romantic when you're in a ball gown. Everyone should wear one once in a while..

I love myself so much, I simply cannot describe it..

There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong..

I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people..

The little black dress must be luxurious, rich, sensual, diaphanous, exotic, severe, lush, demure, demanding, frivolous, amusing, and it must linger ….

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something..

Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it..

You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, b….

I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world..

I've been dressing Renee on the red carpet for the past three years, ... I think she always looks great. She has the right proportion for my clothes.….

I think elegance is always going to be there..

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

I think a sense of humor is the most important thing anyone can have..

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

The word "elegance" is a bit different now..

Sometimes I'm a psychiatrist and I tell people in my office that my door is open, and if they have a problem to come and talk to me. Sometimes I say,….

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same..

It's not all about beauty! It's also about a sense of humor..

I have a responsibility to the woman of today - to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful..

Don't become a fashion victim is what I'm trying to say..