I'm not going to say that I'm perfect. I do have fashion crises.
The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.
Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.
The red carpet is very important. You have to be very careful to have the right person dressed in right way. For me, it has to be a perfect look.
Luxury will be always around, no matter what happens in the world.
Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.
Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.
We women manage to do many things at the same time. Men, no. Men do one thing at a time.
I love white shirts because they feel like a security blanket. You can wear them with anything. It's the person and the way that they wear it that makes it different. I have been designing white shirts forever, but I don't get tired of it.
I believe that you have to treat the people who work with you like your family.
You feel very romantic when you're in a ball gown. Everyone should wear one once in a while.
Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.
I prefer clothes that are simple, well-cut, but with one major extravagance. Something with the sleeves, with the skirt, but nothing too fussy, too flashy.
Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.
When you live and work in different time zones, you spend a lot of time on airplanes.
I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.
Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.
I always remember my childhood house with happy memories. There was a beautiful garden, and outside my bedroom window was a jasmine vine which would open in the evenings, giving off a divine scent.
Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect.
