The best part about DJing a fashion show after-party or event is being able to correlate the emotions of the collection with music, just as you would for a show.

It's too hot for me to bother with wearing my hair down in the summer. I'd rather pin it up in braids, or throw it in a top knot so I don't have to think about it the rest of the day.

I love the idea of a woman's suit, but I wanted something that was a little easier to wear.

Spontaneity and instincts are key factors to a memorable party.

You walk a fine line when you have a performance at a show just as you do with having celebrities attend a show - you never want the attention to be drawn too far away from the clothing.

Music is such an important element in creating the drama that a runway show needs in order to be memorable and to make the clothes come to life.

I've always been a huge fan of matching sets and vibrant prints.

Ernest Hemingway called Jospehine the "most sensational woman anyone ever saw." I think all women deserve to be this sensational looking!

Designing the prints was very much like writing a story with characters, [inspired by] some of my my favorite icons of the time: Eva Perón and Josephine Baker.

Of course, fresh flowers are the answer to any June gloom you may be feeling. Flowers really do solve all problems.

There are two types of people in this world: those whose look for opportunity and those who make it happen.

Everybody gets so much common information all day long that they lose their common sense.

You know later in life I was inspired to sing and that would've been Aretha, Chaka Khan, Mariah - the typical divas were the inspiration. I've always enjoyed all those singers.

I do not think writers or anybody would sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge.

I probably am very sensitive for energies that come together at the right moment. And that energy, I like to transform it into a party or a club. Something that becomes real.

I realized eventually that if I was really on top of what I was doing, I should be able to make photographs out of almost anything.

You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.

Jesus came to save us: let us not reject this marvelous gift!

It is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with it.

I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.