Waris Ahluwalia

“I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.”

“I don't drink coffee.”

“I like having a tailor everywhere because I am everywhere.”

“My inspiration is love and history.”

“I like the pause that tea allows.”

“You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.”

“I work with gold that holds history, diamonds that see the future, and rubies that long for love.”

“My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.”

“I'm an explorer.”

“People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.”

“My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.”

“I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a place where you can never be overdressed.”

“My go-to jeans are a straight, narrow cut from A.P.C. or BLK DNM.”

“One of my favourite activities is eating.”

“If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.”

“It took me a while to find myself.”

“My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.”

“I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.”

“I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.”

“There's more to me than fashion. I just don't want to be seen as fashion.”