Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day.

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My customers are successful workingwomen.

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We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

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Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.

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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.

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If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.

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Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

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Every season I am inspired by women.

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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.

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I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.

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Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

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I have this complex that if I walk into a place wearing a colorful shirt someone will stop me and say, 'I'm sorry, but the Latin band comes through the other door.'

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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.

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Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

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I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

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I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.

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I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.

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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.

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