I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It’s about space and form and it’s something you can share with other people.

We’ve come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It’s about space and form and it’s something you can share with other people.

I feel very strongly about dresses on every level – a dress feels like underpinning.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

I’d rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

It’s really easy to get colors right. It’s really hard to get black – and neutrals – right. Black is certainly a color but it’s also an illusion.

Everything in life… has to have balance.