I got to revisit everything I’d done for the last ten years and I remembered that I just loved doing all that handwork, all that embroidery, anything by hand, … It’s really extravagant this season.

There’s a lot of matte sparkle, … It’s not as glittery as we’ve done before, but it has beautiful sheen.

They just look the smartest (in black), … Black’s just the way to go in swimwear right now. It always looks good.

(We used) beautiful four-ply silk crepes, incredible embroidered georgettes and a really fun new use of ultra-suede,

Because of the photographic reproduction, it can only be printed on synthetic, so (the garments are) all polyesters, which feel amazing, … For a while, polyester just mimicked fine fabrics so there was really no...

There’s a lot of matte sparkle. It’s not as glittery as we’ve done before, but it has beautiful sheen.

We airbrushed satin to make it look like chinchilla fur. We used silk and synthetic threads to imitate ermines and fluffy fabrics and then used silk chiffon and quilted it to look like sheared beaver.

They just look the smartest (in black). Black’s just the way to go in swimwear right now. It always looks good.

I love the colors this time. They’re very rich. It’s nothing too bright, it’s just like two shades back of bright.

It was a delight. I have never enjoyed doing a collection as much as I have enjoyed doing this one, … It just was so blessed from the beginning to end.

It’s really about options, … You can’t have overkill everywhere. Something has to be easy. And then something needs to be exciting. All-in-all, too much is too much.

I don’t know that we did as many prints as we usually do, but we were really just careful to focus on what we wanted,

I want to thank him for being such a kind influence to me personally. There’s a lot to learn from someone who celebrates life in that bigness.