I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.

Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.

Beauty is health. Health is beauty.

People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.

I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.

Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.