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I am a traveler. I am a nomad. I rarely sleep in the same bed more than three or four nights. And I know hotel life better than anyone.
I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.
My well-known aesthetic sense, which is so obvious and personal, spontaneously spurs me to challenge myself with different disciplines.
I did not want to be labelled the designer who survived the atomic bomb, and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima.
I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.
I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.
You shouldn't ask why do you wear a hat? What you really should be asking is why are you not? How can a look be complete without a hat?
I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.
When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don't get carried away-it's only dresses.
I like a very sexy silhouette, and I like to feel like when you put something on, you zip yourself into it, and you're secure in there.
The Louis Vuitton woman is more about a quality - a quality within some women that needs to come forward, to be noticed and recognised.
We want to do sweaters for dogs and call it 'Bark Jacobs.' If it works, great. If it doesn't, we'll drop it and do something different.
Fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But very little. After all, if you have a serious drama, who cares about the clothes?
It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that.
Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.
I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences.
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 realize I never stand out in a room unless I'm feeling balanced, centered and happy. It sounds really corny but it's very, very true.
When you're a kid, you think you can jump out the window and be okay. But when you get older, you think, "Wait a minute - I can't fly!"
They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims.
People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.
Part of my family were ranchers. So you were expected to be quite macho. You weren't expected to cry. I was the exact opposite of that.
It was difficult for me because I was searching for the answer for so long, and the answer was right in front of me. Do what I do best.
Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.
No one ever taught me, and I never had formal classes in pattern making, so I was like, Okay, I'll just drape, and I'll sew as I pin it.
You have to have curiosity in life. The moment you don't have any more curiosity, then don't do anything. Retire and stay in your house.
Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid.
My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.
I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs .
I love skiing, I love the sun, I love my children, I love my grandchildren, I love my family and friends... and whatever I haven't done.
A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives.
Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.
I dress pop stars, and I dress my doctor. It's about attitude. I do what I love, and I'm lucky to do it. It's a long way from Hong Kong.
Your 30s is the time to embrace bold, zingy colour patterns and to follow trends while taking time to get used to what really suits you.
We want the best prices we can give our customers, with all our products... But it really is about the quality first and the experience.
We believe elegance can be casual. We believe gracefulness can be compatible with fits of laughter. We believe in living a colorful life
I don't know if I would use that word, 'trailblazer.' That implies that this huge crowd followed me, and that certainly is not the case!
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.
You want to be understood by the sophisticated few but you also have to be more loud somehow, otherwise your message doesn't go through.
I can say, let's go to the DNA of the brand and find something that I can introduce into my work. It's part of the patrimony of fashion.
When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.
I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.
I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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.
Your wedding is your red carpet moment, and while brides definitely can take some chances with style, you don't want to look like a fad.
I think my heart is in a very good place. And I think this is why I'm achieving what I've been asking to do in the universe for so long.
I was rather free, and I always did what I wanted to do, sometimes without listening to the people who warned me not to do this or that.
The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure. I adored to write, create.
I have never followed fashion. What is fashion to me? I just think of things that inspire me, that inspire women, and I design that way.