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I just really enjoy life.
Change doesn't come from staying in your safe space.
Always aspire to become the next you, not someone else
I want to make clothes that make women feel beautiful.
The sources of inspiration from my travels have been unending.
I wanted to do something not just commercial but also covetable.
Nothing scares a straight man more than a woman in her full glory.
Nails are the period at the end of the sentence. They complete the look
I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck.
To me, beauty is inclusion - every size, every color - that's the world I live in.
I mean, I can cook, but I'd get very nervous having my food being judged by dinner guests.
All designers have a platform, an audience. Whether it's one or a million, it doesn't matter.
I'm fascinated by furniture design and interiors, and I want to try designing all that stuff.
There's such a feeling of satisfaction when something you imagined turned into something real.
I love a red lip - it's such a powerful statement. It exudes confidence and makes for a bold look.
I've always been interested in a femininity with a bite. I always think a little bit of a kick is great.
A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal combination.
Deepika is one of my absolute favourite Bollywood actors. It is wonderful to have someone of her stature wearing my brand
A lot of people have an opinion. If you listen to them too much, your work will get influenced, and you make no one happy.
I've always found it interesting when I look at a woman, and she's beautiful and everything, but there's an inner strength.
There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my designs.
A modern Woman is not necessarily...s omeone who just buys expensive stuff... ...a modern Woman is someone who buys intelligently.
For my first big Fashion Week event, the factory wouldn't give me my clothes because I didn't have the $25,000 it cost to make them.
You want to question what is important and why is it important. I don't have all the answers, but I'm very curious to know and learn.
As someone who started a company with an idea of creating a luxury brand with a soul, I needed to learn more about how I effect change.
I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences.
Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone.
The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me.
People on the outside and even some people in the fashion industry think that fashion people are maybe not the smartest. It's a constant battle.
I tweet myself and do all the Facebook updates. It started off with me wondering whether I was showing off and I was very careful about what I wrote.
I have a 6-year-old niece who doesn't look like the majority of girls on the covers of magazines. I hope that by the time she's 16, the world will have changed.
I know what it's like to turn the page of a magazine and not see anyone like you. It takes a lot, a lot, a lot of talking to yourself to confirm your self-worth.
I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.
The first time I saw my look on a real person was in Paris, and I felt a little shock, a little thrill that went through my body. And that thrill never goes away - never.
I was in Nepal and I had watched Oprah Winfrey's show. I had no idea, as a kid in Nepal, who she was, but I remember watching an episode of hers about living your dreams.
I make 98% of my collection in New York City and am generating jobs, so fashion isn't just frivolous for me. I understand levity about it. I also understand the depth of it.
When I came to America, there were two kinds of women: women who looked serious and who didn't wear color and print, and women who looked girly and feminine and like second wives.
My goal is: I'm not trying to be snobby, but my clothes are not for everyone, not for every Hollywood celebrity. There is a designer for everyone, and a celebrity for every designer.
I decided if it was going to be a mistake to come to New York and try and make a career in fashion, then it was going to be my mistake... But the American dream is real. I'm living it.
I came here because I wanted to live the American dream that I had heard of. And I'm a perfect example. I came to New York; I knew no one. I've made a career, a life, so I still believe in that.
Fashion has a huge responsibility - in what we show on the runway, what we do in editorial, who we dress - to make sure it represents differences. If we don't, we're giving in to the discrimination.
Fashion has always had the ability to affect lives, to touch people. But for the longest period of time, we've said, 'Oh, we're just pages of a magazine; that's what we all look at.' It's more than that.
I would tell any aspiring designer to take the time to experience everything they can to really get a feel for what direction they want to go in. And most importantly, let your passion and your gut lead you.
I am not the kind of designer who is racing to the finish line, so while collaborations are important for our growth, each and every one has to be strategic and well-timed with what we have going on internally.
I think I'm just really in love with women, and I love to see them looking incredibly, truly beautiful. I think every time a woman wears one of my dresses, you know, in a matter of speaking, I'm having a little love affair with her!
There is undoubtedly a lot of pressure that comes with recognition, which can be a good thing and bad thing all at the same time. But if you stay focused and don't lose sight of what you're doing and who you are, you can rise above it.
I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But Im a glass half-full kind of guy.
I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But I'm a glass half-full kind of guy.
I'm constantly thinking about design, shapes, patterns and colors, so I just want to be more of a blank canvas. But there is a comfort in knowing what you're going to wear, and that probably comes from Catholic school, where I wore a uniform for 10 years.
It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns.