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.

I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.

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.

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.

It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.