could you do the in modern, in today? and i said i will try. yes, but it is part of the job. so i tried. i worked with a dutch artistic director, and i get to work with him. he was very specific and fabulous man. also, they were very specific about the color. in reality, they asked me because the color is a little like in the spirit. it is something in common. i was flattered to do that, but

it is beautiful to see how much they are -- our work, our demand is to make a beautiful movie. i should not be able to do anything. i never thought about it, but when people ask me, you have to be so clever. >> tom ford made a movie, so why not you? >> because my brain is not that sure. you have to think about so many things. truly, it is a big work. you have to be strong. you have to take care also of the physiology of the actor which is, like, oh, my god. you can be depressed. also, you see the depression of everybody. i do not want it. i have enough of my own. >> i hope you will be sharp enough to answer the questions

the audience has for you. rather like the academy awards. [applause] these questions have come through on various means. can we have the first question? >> the first question -- i am going to compile a group -- a lot of people are asking what is currently inspiring new? from different cultures, the internet, textile design -- what exciting things are you seeing in contemporary textile design? and what are you reading? >> definitely, that is very sad, but i have not enough time to read. that is the very sad part. so i'm not enough reading, but i'm getting older and getting closer. now that nobody is doing any more reading, i will read.

no, i think honestly, it is a question of time, but reading, to bring inspiration, but that is the problem. i get into a book and say that i can make a collection of that after, like, three lines. one time i did an existentialist collection years ago, and i was thinking, so i read a book to no more, to get into it, and sometimes, the explanation can teach you. i read about it and i learned and understood. so i did the collection with my

interpretation. i tried to understand the base, the concept, so it is good. you have to read, definitely. >> creativity is so difficult to define by creative people because you just do it instinctively. you were telling me that last night, something inspired you, and you went back andrew your next collection until 4:00 a.m. what inspired you? do you know what set it off? >> i think it is image sometimes. one that you do not expect can be also a surprise. it was not the case here today. yesterday during the night, it was more like an image that i have seen or received little and i did not know how to treat it. something making me think about it yesterday. after it came and i wake up,

instinctively it came like yes, i could do it like that, so i wrote that to remember, and after i was into it, it was very exciting. yes, i find it because always, you are looking for something, you did not know what. until it becomes more concrete, it gives you -- i need to have that direction. it is a real pleasure. sometimes also like some things in fashion that you get a reaction, can be somebody walking, moving in a way where there is no pocket, but it

should have been a pocket. you see the desire or what should be good. food is visual for me. >> can you think of one single example of something that you saw -- i do not know, a green leaf or something on the internet or something in a movie -- something that directly inspired you that you were almost drawing a minute later from it. >> i think it was years ago when i did my constructive collection. my graphic assistant had a book with her. i loved everything, but it is like a physical reaction. like if i want to eat it. but he made me think about food. it was truly like a beautiful

color. it was constructivist, you know. it was so beautiful. they were so perfect that i wanted to have it all. so i make a photo of all the book, and i wanted to have all around me to get into it and to see through that, so it was -- that is one thing. another thing -- >> one is enough. >> you know what, there is too much selection on the internet. i like the motion, which i mean like surprise. i go somewhere and find something i did not expect, it is there that i have the real shock. i have my reaction. sometimes it does not happen. sometimes it happens late. what i do in that case, i will

not tell you. [laughter] >> that might lead to the next question -- what scares you? and then maybe not to be more in love with my were. fashion. >> maybe you are scared that there might be one day -- i'm sure it will never happen -- when you do not have the energy anymore? that scared of a piece of blank paper and a collection coming up in six weeks -- that does not scare you? >> yes, but i tried to protect myself. for example, i go to a flea market, and nt place. when i see something that i find interesting, even if i have no interest in anything at the

moment, i say that one day i will do something from that. i know that there was work on it. i think i have to burn it, because at the end, i take too much time to look at it. but, yes, i mean, to be honest, i think will realize what time that i have no more of the passion, which will mean i will stop. i think it is better. honestly, before i was doing that profession, because i was not at peace with the fact that i was rejected, so i was inventing a lot of things. at the moment, i started to work -- i finish.

because i do the things that i'd love to do, why should i live now. there's no reason to lie? because i am accepted through my work? why should i lie? because i do not want to live again in my old days. but i will always interested in fashion. >> the next question is for both of you -- how is it in the fashion world for larger size women? >> i will answer this first. i was so happy when beth ditto appeared in one of jean paul's collections. she is a terrific woman and quite rotund in size. i have not quite caught up with her yet, but i certainly am no little stick. i personally thinks one of the

things he should be admired for is not to bring the tyranny of fashion to women. he has, as he has explained, done a lot for diversity in terms of skintight but also diversity of styles and shapes, and i think that was the reason for a round of applause. [applause] >> there is one diversity also which is important, age. i should explain because you know in fashion, a terrible because there is always racism about age. one of the races and is in fashion which i am absolutely against. how could i be against age when i have a grandmother that let me do anything and what it, gave me optimism and positivity? i think people that are old and have experience, you can learn a lot from them, and there are

maybe sometimes more sweet than the grandparents. i think age also is something important. i remember, i wanted to do what a collection one time with only old people, and they told me not to do that because we do not like to see ourselves projected as old. and i did not do it. sometimes i did not listen, but at the moment, i knew i had to do some testing, and i had to show the beauty through the edge, so i will do it one time. maybe it will be my last collection. i will be part of the show, and i will walk. >> your final question comes from a twitter question. what advice do you have for

young artists and designers to be successful in the world with so much competition and talent? >> i do not like to give advice. i know only my passion. what i can say is if you truly love fashion, you want to do a profession with fashion, you see -- they will find solutions. the things in fashion is to be right of with the moment with the society, with the desire, with what people need, and to understand also economically. of course, now, we have a moment where economically, there are a lot of things.

it is reality. so knowing all that, you have to make the decision and find a solution about it and propose the right things. the ones who say that what to do the right thing for now, they will get it. only courage and love what you do. it is marvelous work. i am lucky because i do the work i love, and doing it, i love it even more. it permits need to be accepted and loved. if you receive love, you can give love. [applause] >> we cannot really have a more beautiful ending than that, but i am going to use my chance just

to ask one last question. do you believe that you have marked fashion history? >> it is difficult to say. is it my purpose? i do not know. i think that's everybody is marking fashion history in a way. as much as journalists because they show the people. what is fashion history? some old clothes that you can find may be in the free-market? books, magazines, newspapers? i think that i am part of that, but to think that me, i'm mark -- i do not think so. it is not exactly my purpose.

it really seems very selfish to do what you love. >> i'm glad i managed more or less to silence you with my question. [laughter] i would like to say that i believe you have marked fashion history in the best way by creating clothes, which have been a mirror to society as it changed and as it happened, and you will be known for that as much as for the beauty of the close. thank you so much for giving us the chance to talk to you. [applause]

>> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us for our pregame gathering. we have our first exhibition day game. we apologize for the ugly weather. i would like to say we have a special deal with -- where we played day gains and a beautiful weather. in this microclimate we live in, it is true more times than not that we have this kind of a great day for the fans and community of giants followers. we are blessed with a number of special guests today that will be joining us for a special announcement.

i wanted to welcome our special guests. some of them you will be hearing from later. the honorable and lee, mayor of san francisco. david chu, jane kim, port commissioner po, and the port director, and our landlord, and the port commissioner. [applause] the reason we are here, and we're very excited. i think i skipped to the walk today. many of us have been associated with the ballpark. we have been working for several

years and intensely for the last 18 months with the city of san francisco and the port on a project that we believe will be one of the largest economic development projects of any era. that is the site behind us known as lot a. it is the parking resource right behind us as well as pier 48 over here. the giants take a lot of pride in this community. it is going to be our community forever. we're in a 66-year lease with options beyond. we're not going anywhere.

from day one in the development of the ballpark, we have looked for ways to see that this neighborhood preserves its charm and character and can add to the economic viability and potency of our city and community. as we know in san francisco, all good things take a while to materialize. we spent several years figuring out the best way to create the door to the ballpark, the most economically strong, charming, consistent with the use of the ballpark development for the neighborhood. we have been seeing these spectacular emergence of mission bay, the development of the china basin region, and south of market. what you see represented in

these pictures is what we believe is an inspired mixed use community featuring a spectacular waterfront park with waterfront residences that will be draping around the park. it is an opportunity to have very economically strategic and important office use for tenants, especially the opportunity to have technology tenants join us in this region that is burgeoning already with technology is -- use to create innovative work environments. it will have original shops and san francisco-based cafes along the lines of the ferry building and what has been done so spectacularly there. we have the refurbish building here that we refer to as pier

48. our partner specializes in these urban, a mixed use projects. we have been working on this project for several years. we have a timeline that suggests we can begin as soon as 2015. this is a very exciting time line for us. we want to get this going as soon as possible to achieve the economic development so vital to the city and our neighborhood. to summarize the project, we have 8 acres of open space which will include a grand waterfront park and a mission rock square

which will be in the middle of residences and potentially office development, similar to bryant park in new york city. the initial plan calls for about 1000 residential units which would accommodate about 2000 people to live in this development. office space, up to 1.7 million square feet of office space. i grew up in san francisco. i remember when levi plaza was unveiled decades ago. in those days, that was an innovative and very active urbanscape and a strong impact in san francisco. we see this as the 2015 version of levi plaza.

different but a similar setting. about 125,000 square feet of retail and residential space where local, homegrown businesses can come and display their wares and offer great retail and restaurant opportunities. we will have the opportunity to service people coming to and from games. that is important. with the burgeoning number of residences, residential units in the area, you are going to be able to serve an increasing demand for neighborhood opportunities for visitors and residents for cafes, stores, shopping at could be in character with some of the neighborhoods we know in san francisco that are so popular.

then the rehabilitation of pier 48 provide spectacular opportunities to be consistent with the maritime activity, and also the possibility of local manufacturing. business is actually coming to pier 48 and being consistent with the history of this community and what they have been able to serve for the community. to serve for the community. we believe it has the ability to take mosconi center type opportunities that may be too small for mosconi center, so trade shows and exhibitions space and be a big house gift shows and other opportunities at pier 48. in all, it is truly a mixed use our been project that should have a lot of excitement and that there should be the

connective tissue, if you well, between mission bay and the rest of the city, from city residents, regional residents, and tourists alike. again, consistent with a feeling of a very in character san francisco project. we're very excited. today we are sort of kicking out the public unveiling of this project that we have been working on for a while. as we have a gust of wind, we will bring the mayor of san francisco, mayor lee, whose office has been incredibly supportive of this project and incredibly supportive of these sorts of economic development initiatives that are going to continue to make the city strong and vibrant. mayor lee. [applause] >> thank you, larry, and thank you to the whole giants organization for presenting this to our -- and also to our port and to our city. let me say, i think our city

officials here, david chiu and i were talking earlier -- we are going to stretch out our speeches. the longer we do this, the more chance we have of catching one of those home runs this afternoon. so we will be out here for a long time, speaking very slowly, because it is worth it. you know, first of all, thanks to the port commissioners that are here, to our supervisors that are here, port staff and our office of economic development that is here. we are all going to work as a team. that is something that certainly our giants have taught as over many, many years of success. we work as 18, and if you do that, you'll be able to do everything you dream of -- worked as a team, and you'll be able to do everything you dream up. the first is getting people jobs. walking in here today, walking up the stairs and through the corridors of the stadium, you saw so many people getting ready

for the game. gasol smiles on their faces. they're moving things around. they are smiling. they're saying, good morning, mayor, how is it? they have cut jobs. they're part of a great and successful organization. they know and feel they're part of a vibrant city. this proposal today adds another dimension into that. as larry was talking, i was thinking about those years went we and mayer brown and mayor newsom, and we had that mission. we look around the bay and we see all the hospitals going up, the project's going up, and that foundation has worked. every effort and hustle that i was doing as part of the department of public works, trying to get those permits out and get the infrastructure done and completed, and now we get to talk about mission rock. i mean, what a solid lead great contribution this whole development is going to be.

i want to emphasize that as reconstruct this vision, we are going to create immediately 4800 construction jobs right here on this development for the next years to come. it has the potential of impact in an additional 4900 jobs throughout the whole city during the construction phase. when it is completed in just a few years, 6900 permanent jobs can be had literally on the site to complement all the jobs that have been being created already with at&t park and the success of around the giants and their organization. i have often talked route -- about jobs but also the spirit of the city and how we need to make sure that the city's are investor confidence and investor friendly. and to see that the giants organization is leading a whole see what the 3037,