Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.
A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
In the end, it’s not about failure, it’s about how much you love what you do.
When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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.
I never thought I'd be successful. It seems in my own mind that in everything I've undertaken I've never quite made the mark. But I've always been able to put disappointments aside. Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.
When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.
The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
Every woman hates her own body. I don't know a woman who doesn't . . . well, I do know a few who love themselves but in the case of most women it's like, "ugh." And when I dress a woman, my design intention is to give them an attitude or a grace, no matter whether it's a wedding gown or ready-to-wear.
It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.
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.
Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
I love a black wedding dress.
A bride should look at everything she possibly can...just so she can experiment and see what makes her really feel beautiful or glamorous or classical or whatever she desires to be on that particular day.
I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.
Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.
I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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.
People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.
