I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together. Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable. Everything I do is a matter of...

When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person. Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections. Fashion...

Fashion is made to become unfashionable. Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. Fashion...

I never look at other people’s work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions. I never look at other people’s work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions....

Money doesn’t buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant. I don’t like trends. They tend to make everybody...

It’s useless to send models out on the runway to cry. Fashions fade, style is eternal. People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out...