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I love a black wedding dress.
I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.
My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.
Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.
In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.
Is she going to, or has she done it? Has it happened? What is the story here?
I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.
I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.
I am not the sort of woman who would wear high heels with a bathing suit. Let's get that straight right now.
Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
Ready-to-wear is what I've wanted to do since the beginning. ... I'm not a girl who spends my life in a ballgown
The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.
The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.
Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker.
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
The way a dancer can bring the crowd to its feet with a drawn-out, well-executed pirouette is the excitement I wanted to capture with this design.
The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.
Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.
I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.
I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.
All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.
I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl.