Any company of my size cannot live without thinking it's possible to go public one day.
Herve has that sex appeal. Certain bodies need Herve Leger badly because you have to reformulate the silhouette.
I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.
My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.
Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in.
There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere.
To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.
As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch The stone unhewn and cold Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.
One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.
Even if you love a lady, don't say you will take care of her while someone else is catering for your needs.
For me it's all about keeping things simple and feeling comfortable in what I am wearing. I prefer investing in classic well-tailored pieces.
I always feel like a woman designing for a woman. I know what you want to accentuate and what you want to hide.
If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.
When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.
If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.
I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
L.A. interests me, the whole band scene and relaxed carefree feel, but it does not mean you have to dress like a hippy.
Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.
The fashion world doesn't know the word 'stop,' so you have to make sure there are sublime moments every day.
I really think that creating clothes and fashion has to be a statement about how we live and where we live and what's happening in the world.
Whenever I pick up a jacket and it's heavy, I think, 'Oh, I don't want to wear that.'
