You can't wait for people to tell you; you have to know yourself.

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.

For me, fashion begins in New York.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

Any business is the same in the beginning because nobody knows where it's going to ride.

People get nervous accessorising, but there is nothing wrong with adding a belt or a pair of shoes in another colour.

My family - my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren, all of them - are the most important thing in the world to me.