I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

It’s not about what you wear, but about how you live your life.

Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.

Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.

The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.

Women think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.

Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.

You don’t need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself.

If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

When I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to achieve with this particular dress? And she said to me what I would like is – that when I walk into the room and people will look at me and say wow you look great.