Ritu Kumar's clothes are totally great. Her embroidery is perfect. She lives up to her name over and over again.
I remember hearing other models talk about going to castings for Givenchy, and I was like, 'What are they saying?' And then I realized and was like, 'Oh, the Give-in-chee one.' I had been calling it Give-in-chee the whole time. I was shocked.
I wouldn't want to do an average fashion line. I'd want it to be an amazing piece of art.
I love Simone Rocha. I just think she's really clever.
The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me - from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood. The clothes are on mannequins, also on hangers and in boxes with a photo of each piece, and there's a Web site where I can go to look through everything. It's too big - I could never sort through it myself! But these garments tell the stories of my life.
I'm an independent fashion house.
The pret-a-porter collection will be the same as couture in essence: I love luxury, beautiful products, handmade with care, but at more accessible prices.
Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.
I started collecting couture when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and the very first piece I bought was a Balenciaga suit from 1962.
I never thought I'd be some fashion mogul!
