When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic..

I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant..

I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting to learn. That really excites me..

I wasn't a club kid. I wasn't an artist. I was just a foreigner, trying to soak it all up. I had quite a lot of fun..

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and….

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic..

I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfort….

I like cold. I really like to go to cold towns. I love gray. I love winter..

I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school..

I didn't even have a portfolio, but I went to Tom Ford the next morning. He said, "I'd love you to come in with me. Get a lawyer." It was quite excit….

I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right..

I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion..

I didn't know who Calvin Klein was, really. But Brooke Shields, we knew her from those incredible commercials - "There's nothing between me and my Ca….

I never liked sleeping; I always think I am missing something..

Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating..

My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra..

I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off….

My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry..

If you have beautiful knees, show your knees. I'm not a puritan. I love skin..

People don't really go to museums in Rio. I shouldn't say it's not sophisticated, but, you know, they go to the beach..

I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping..