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One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's very glamorous work.

As an industrial designer, you design the thing by yourself, and then it goes away from you, whereas fashion is in constant relation to the body and to psychology. It makes it more complicated, and it makes it more challenging.

I hate the terminology of 'costume' because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture.

What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he's become a different person.

The costume affects your posture, affects your walk, how you hold yourself, and how you breathe. The costumes make you deliver.

Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out.

Fashion is about what you look like, which translates to what you would like to be like.

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.

I think that, like any art, fashion is about expression. It allows you to express yourself and your identity through what you choose to wear.

I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion victims. I think these (clothes) are for women that want to look sexy. They want to look smart.