"The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence."

"Work has always been a kind of drug for me."

"I freed women. I gave them back their bodies, which were shapeless from the corsetry and the padding. I gave them real waists, and I gave them back their legs."

"I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little — if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's …"

"I adore luxury, but I also adore simplicity. It's a matter of balance."