British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.

Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'

Fashion is magical, a fantasy. It's madness, and it doesn't last. It's changing all the time.

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

Something you wore three months ago, maybe you don't wear it again. I am a great believer that if something looks very good on you, you can wear it again, and it's not the end of the world.

I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O'Hara.

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.