“When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.”

“I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but t...”

“I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl.”

“I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.”

“When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.”

“I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.”

“I'll never wake up in a good mood again.I'm tired of these stinky boots”

“Where's the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?”

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”

“Let's make some funny pictures.”

“Pictures must not be too picturesque.”

“Sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen.”

“You like me not because I like you. I like you just because I like me.”

“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”

“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am.”