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If I wear a dress that I bought from a street vendor in Bali on a red carpet, it's a way of bringing my travels with me.

I love the opportunity to wear something really special and go to a wonderful event at some great cultural institution.

I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost.

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.

I'm glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn't fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go.

Whether it's color palettes for my apparel collection or materials for handbags and shoes or inspiration for fine jewelry, traveling expands your mind and opens you up to different things you haven't seen before.

I've traveled around the world, and what's so revealing is that, despite the differences in culture, politics, language, how people dress, there is a universal feeling that we all want the same thing. We deeply want to be respected and appreciated for our differences.

During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials.

It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.

I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.