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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward. My customers are successful workingwomen. There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction. It is important to be chic. I believe in comfort. If you don't feel comfortable in your clothes, it's hard to think of anything else. People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral. Being...

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress. Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually. A woman has the age she deserves. Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter. I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing. Luxury will be...

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement. It's sometimes said that I'm rebellious and I do things to push people's buttons, but I just like the challenge. I have my permanent muses and my muses of the moment. Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read. Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good. I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the woman...