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.

Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.

When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.