Occupation: Fashion Designer Birth: July 22, 1932 Death: October 20, 2014
A woman today knows that the power of her femininity is very important..
I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops..
I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women..
I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked..
Online media is increasingly influential in fashion..
Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living..
I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after..
You don't go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater..
If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?.
One should travel as light as possible. I can organize myself to go on a ten-day trip with just hand luggage..
As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I a….
The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die. We always think we are going to live forever. The dying aspect we will never acce….
If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris..
And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces..
Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great - besides me, of course..
You know I started an orphanage so totally by accident. A lady came to me and asked me if I would, I will help her and we start it with little school….
My great strength is knowing who I am and where I come from - my island..
I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought....I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now I lift the bosom high o….
The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way..
A runway is spectacle. It’s only fashion when a woman puts it on..
I don't really know how to do casual clothes..