Fashion should be fun and accessible.

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

What people look to me for is a whole look. People come to me for icing on the cake, not a basic stretch pant.

When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration.

You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.

I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, "Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all."

I never intended being a business person I wanted to be a fashion designer.