Without Elegance Of The Heart, There Is

Each Model I Have Represents A Type Of Ideal Women To Me.

I Pass For A Hypersensitive, Reclusive Neurotic, Which I May Well Be, But I Hope The Year Won't Come When My Anxieties And Fatigue Will Destroy My Love Of This Life, Of All The Things That Inspire Me--a Line Of Music, A Face In A Vermeer Portrait, A Character In An Opera, Or A Model Born In Harlem.

I Tried To Show That Fashion Is An Art. For That, I Followed The Counsel Of My Master Christian Dior And The Imperishable Lesson Of Mademoiselle Chanel. I Created For My Era And I Tried To Foresee What Tomorrow Would Be.

I Love Bows, … And I Feel Some Couture Pots Coming On.

Over The Years I Have Learned That What Is Important In A Dress Is The Woman Who Is Wearing It.