You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.
For me, fashion begins in New York.
I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.
There's a tendency for designers to embellish the size of their business. I never lie.
Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds.
British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.
You have to deal with the fashion egos. You know, there is a lot. It shouldn't be treated that seriously because fashion is only making dresses to make women look beautiful. We're not inventing anything new.
Sometimes you see women that don't realize that age is changing your style, and they don't change.
You can be very feminine and be a leader. Christine Lagarde, she's very chic and she dresses very well, and she's a woman. And she has a lot of power.
I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.
We always know better than anybody else what looks best on us. Even if people are complimenting you, if you think, 'I hate what I have on,' it's not right.
My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.
In general, fashion is challenging. Everything from clothes to fragrances.
I didn't long to be a designer. I always liked fashion, but it was always a bit sleeping in me.
Thank God my hair is always the same. And I get dressed very quickly. I am not one of those people who spend three hours getting dressed. I never understood that. What do you do for the two and a half hours after the half hour it takes you to get ready?
I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.
When you're wearing something you feel comfortable in, you move better. That's why the most important accessory you can have is a full-length mirror.
When I was living in Los Angeles, I always booked a moisturizing milk-and-honey massage the day before flying to Spain. It was heaven - I never got dry plane skin or felt stiff from sitting in one position.
Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.
I very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.
