Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.

When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.

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.

Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.

First Ladies have always been held like specimens under a media microscope.

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