I try to think about items that can be worn in different ways so they can be worn more than once.

In architecture and interiors, as well as fashion, there is an interaction that is both functional and aesthetic.

My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and practical.

It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.

When you start a collection, you have to push yourself to limits that may make you uncomfortable.

Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.

I wanted to create clothes for women in their 40s and 50s and 60s who have careers and are sexy and dont want to look like grandmothers.

I think women want to feel beautiful. They want to feel seductive.

That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed.

You can build a brand very fast now, especially with bloggers and how fast images can get out - the message just goes out faster and stronger than ever before.

One of my biggest pet peeves is well-dressed designers. If you spend that much time thinking about your own clothes, you're not spending enough time thinking about what you're designing.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.

I think the irony ... is that I actually would like to see a relatively light touch when it comes to the government.

Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

The surest way of concealing from others the boundaries of one s own knowledge is not to overstep them.

Do not get attatched to the world as it is. Because the world is changing something new is coming.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure; neither the greatest captains nor the greatest philosophers have disdained the use or science of eating well.

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.