All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox. You have to stay true to your heritage; that's what your brand is about. Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real. I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same. When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person.
Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress. I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really. Age and size are only numbers. It's the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference. Vanity is the healthiest thing in life. I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.
I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore. It is not easy to dress well. You have to stay true to your heritage; that's what your brand is about. Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity. I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
My cats!
The Little Mermaid
When I was 24!
Anything by SZA