I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'
I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
It should be natural, and that's how I like women to look. I like them to feel comfortable and look organic.
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.
As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth.
The Louis Vuitton woman is more about a quality - a quality within some women that needs to come forward, to be noticed and recognised.
There is absolutely a gap in the market for thirty something women and, the more I look at it, the more I feel there needs to be a sense of ease and choice.
Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in
It's easy to fictionalize an issue when you're not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it.
Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.
I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
I knew from my youngest age I wanted to be a fashion designer. I was always draping fabric and working with color palettes.
I always had a good dexterity. The story in my family goes that at the age of 3 I could thread needles faster than anybody.
I could cook from quite an early age - purely because I liked it.
There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.
I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
My brother and I always had jobs and worked from a young age.
I try as much as possible to give you a great basic product and what comes out, I feel, is really amazing.
You're working with models who are looking at their watch, and it didn't work for me. I wanted to have relationships with amazing people.