One's life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.

My learning process is by eye alone; it's not at all scientific.

My parents were truly severe.

I've always been shy.

I hate the idea that you shouldn’t wear something just because you’re a certain age.

Women often don’t want to admit that they like fashion. And yet fashion enthralls everyone, from the taxi driver to the mega-intellectual. I have often asked myself why this is. I don’t know the answer.

Seduction is a matter of feelings and people opening themselves. I don’t think it’s something tricky – it’s being human. And everybody is seduced by something different.

For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It’s alive.

I’m not interested in how people dress. Of course, I recognize if somebody’s elegant. But fashion doesn’t interest me.

I want to confront myself. I challenge and doubt myself. Basically, what I don’t like is to get bored.