There's such a feeling of satisfaction when something you imagined turned into something real..

Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone..

My goal is: I'm not trying to be snobby, but my clothes are not for everyone, not for every Hollywood celebrity. There is a designer for everyone, an….

I mean, I can cook, but I'd get very nervous having my food being judged by dinner guests..

I think I'm just really in love with women, and I love to see them looking incredibly, truly beautiful. I think every time a woman wears one of my dr….

When you get into fashion, when you're not yet working in fashion, you have this idea about what the fashion world is: that it's very glamorous, it's….

I am not the kind of designer who is racing to the finish line, so while collaborations are important for our growth, each and every one has to be st….

I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck..

There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my designs..

A modern Woman is not necessarily...s omeone who just buys expensive stuff... ...a modern Woman is someone who buys intelligently..

I have a 6-year-old niece who doesn't look like the majority of girls on the covers of magazines. I hope that by the time she's 16, the world will ha….

I make 98% of my collection in New York City and am generating jobs, so fashion isn't just frivolous for me. I understand levity about it. I also und….

Nails are the period at the end of the sentence. They complete the look.

I decided if it was going to be a mistake to come to New York and try and make a career in fashion, then it was going to be my mistake... But the Ame….

It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. ….

There is undoubtedly a lot of pressure that comes with recognition, which can be a good thing and bad thing all at the same time. But if you stay foc….

Always aspire to become the next you, not someone else.

I tweet myself and do all the Facebook updates. It started off with me wondering whether I was showing off and I was very careful about what I wrote..

I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to t….

I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond t….

I would tell any aspiring designer to take the time to experience everything they can to really get a feel for what direction they want to go in. And….