Verbatim

'I can't stand people who don't change their clothes.' --Karl Lagerfeld, explaining why he changes upwards of three times a day

'I stank like a raccoon! I could not go to the show like that.' --Marc Jacobs, responding to criticism regarding the late start time of his runway presentation

'I'm obsessed with perfection to the point that it's nearly an illness.' --Tom Ford on being a perfectionist

'Oh, my God, who wants to date me? I'm so complicated. People have a low perception of me, men especially. They think, this woman, she's a nightmare.' --Donatella Versace on life after divorce

'We're going to be like those old ladies in an Agatha Christie book, on some kind of train, that people run into and say, 'Oh, those are those weird sisters.'' --Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte on working with her sister

'Thank God I don't have to look like a model to promote my work, because that would be a catastrophe.' --Alber Elbaz, creative director of Lanvin, on his low profile