There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.

I've been very lucky to put women that I sincerely admire on the cover of 'Vogue:' the then First Lady and now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and, more recently, First Lady Michelle Obama. Those were benchmarks for the magazine, and certainly covers that I've been very, very proud of.

Well it just looks so ugly. Is it a boy or is it a girl?

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.

There's a new kind of woman out there…She doesn't have time to shop anymore. She wants to know what and why and where and how.

I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced by all sorts of different people, and culture and also across the street. So I saw more as a trickle up, than a trickle down influence. When I came to Vogue, that's what I wanted it to reflect.

One should look forward rather than backwards.