In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations was a range of tunics, made from silk procured from the islands of Madagascar.

Even when I became the editor of 'Vogue' - America, I kept moonlighting for a garment store.

Designing was an effortless exercise and something I always enjoyed.

It's a celebration of reaching a goal. We've completed the house and reached a goal.

It's just a little celebration that we finished the house and they will be moving in - job completed. This event is to celebrate with the family.

We teach them to budget if they need it, and encourage them to keep their children in school and anything else we feel they might need.

I would like to call India a gold-mine of art. It's really the richest in the world.

It (building) usually takes six to 10 months. A lot of times, the weather gets so bad it varies but we try to aim for six months.