I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.
I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion.
I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.
My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.
I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.
My love of fashion stemmed from my mother's passion for it.
I didn't know who Calvin Klein was, really. But Brooke Shields, we knew her from those incredible commercials - "There's nothing between me and my Calvins." I knew very little about American fashion then. I had no money, and Charivari was very educational to me. And Parachute. I was fascinated by those stores. I couldn't buy anything; I just went through the clothes.
