The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural

Some people feel that what we`re doing makes no sense, that it`s just a waste of money. But it`s working.

Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.

I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.

People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.

You don`t only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you`re more worried about the people who love you.

I`m not selling sex. I`m selling underwear and jeans, and I`m not trying to do it with pornography.

I love women. I`m trying to do beautiful things with them. I`m not trying to insult them. My life is not about that.

If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I`m upset, because the retractions are never noticed.

AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS` being some kind of divine retribution is crap.

My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.

I`m not a drug addict. My wild period wasn`t about drugs; it was about sexual freedom.

People read things into my commercials that don`t even exist.

I don`t always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I`d like to maintain.

People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.

I could`t have gotten to the place where I am if I had been tripping on acid during the day.

The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.

I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I`m like nails. I will kill.

When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.

I don`t think about my fame very much.

I`ve met people who didn`t even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.

I`m not a politician and don`t want any part of politics.

I`m not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.

I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.

We`re not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears.

My men`s-underwear print ads are very popular!

It seems there`s always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.

I`m crazy, and I don`t pretend to be anything else.

There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it`s not as if every gay person is a great creator.

Levi`s can produce many more Western jeans than we can and make them at a better price.

I think there`s something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend`s T-shirt and underwear.

We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.

I`m more offended when someone`s killed on television than when there`s something that`s sensuous or sexual. So what?

If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.

There`s an awareness of fashion in this country, and it`s not limited to gay people.

I won`t allow myself to have tremendous fear.

I`m a sexual person, and that`s reflected in my clothes and my advertisements.

Anyone who is secure about herself shouldn`t be threatened by the ads I do.

I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy.

When I get into bed at night, I hope I don`t get into it alone!

I`ve been strong and determined all my life about many things I`ve wanted.

No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.

I don`t trust a lot of journalists.

I don`t dwell on success. Maybe that`s one reason I`m successful.

I couldn`t have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.

The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.

I guess I don`t have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don`t think I`d like it.

Commercials capture your attention, that`s all.

I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention.

I`m neither Democrat nor Republican.

Women`s Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.

I still drink vodka; I`m not an advocate of drinking, but I`m no angel. I don`t like grass, because it just makes me hungry.

Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men`s fashion. How much can you do with men`s clothes?

It`s fun seeing my label on someone`s behind - I like that.

What we`re doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!

I`m in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.

People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can`t talk about that. I`m looking to stay alive.

There has been a change in men`s attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they`re not afraid of it.