One thing about my mother is that she has her taste: She knows what she likes and what looks good. It's not studied. There is no insecurity in what she is going to wear, and I think that translates into effortlessness. Her career has been a steady rise, and it hasn't been about the fashion of the moment. It's been because she has kept to her style. She didn't go grunge when it was grunge, or 70's when it was 70's. It's about being secure with what you like and not worrying about what's in fashion that particular day. That's what I admire about her.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

Glamour is beyond beauty and beyond age. It's like sex appeal.

I think it is good that fashion is a challenge because when something is a challenge, you want to do it better.

I want women to really look like women from today. It's not from the past and not from the future, because I don't know what happens in the future. It is the woman of today (who) I think is a seductive woman.

I cannot go and tell women what to wear and what not to wear; you have to decide on your own.

I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life.