I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children.

My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.

My clothes are great for a honeymoon: They're light and sexy, colorful and pretty, and not expensive.

I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.

I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it... it all depends on who I travel with.

Italy will always have the best food.

The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.

I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children.

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.

Bali and the Aman resorts are all very luxurious, great places to go.

Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood.

Go to a place where you're not going to be stressed, because a honeymoon itself can be a stressful thing.

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand.

Attitude is everything.

If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.

A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.

All I can tell you is that I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.

All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.

Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or of a leaf. Sometimes my patterns are very bold, and you can barely see where they come from, but all the textures and all the prints come out of nature.

Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections.

Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in.

Do I believe in reincarnation? Well, let's say that I believe in karma. I think you make your own karma.

Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved her so she could give me life. I was born out of nothing.

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain.

Fashion is mysterious, as a rule. Why are blue jeans a classic? You just hit on something that happens to be timeless and right.

I adore dark chocolate.

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

I always was fascinated with China, because I was born in Europe, and for us, China had this fascination and mystery. The first time I came here was in 1989. They were on bicycles, and the speed of the growth has been incredible.

I am a fast dresser, 30 minutes max with hair and makeup. I don't have a uniform, but I like to be comfortable.

I am a traveler. I am a nomad. I rarely sleep in the same bed more than three or four nights. And I know hotel life better than anyone.

I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike.

I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.

I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same.

I communicate mostly via e-mail and receive hundreds of e-mails a day.

I gave up on my looks a long time ago.

I get ideas about what's essential when packing my suitcase.

I have always been attracted to clothes designed by women. Coco Chanel, Vionnet, Norma Kamali, Donna Karan. They have a little more - how do I put it? - understanding.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

I never like to think that I design for a particular person. I design for the woman I wanted to be, the woman I used to be, and - to some degree - the woman I'm still a little piece of.

I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am.

I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.

I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair.

I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything.

I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.

I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.

I was lucky because I got so successful so early, and when you get successful early, then you can afford to be a little bit humble.