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

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.

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

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.

When you read without an open mind, you're already filtering ideas and intended message. Selective reading contributes to wilful ignorance.

How can you build credibility without grandstanding as you strive to stand apart from the crowd?

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.

Some people want to have controversy between the races.

If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.

Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye.

From a will: And to my communist nephew Oswald, I leave the sum of 10,000 pounds - to be shared equally with his fellow Britishers.

I've never really compared myself to anyone who's a big star - I'm not trying to be a fashion icon or get famous.

Thou art a woman, And that is saying the best and worst of thee.

If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world.