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

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.

I'm not in the fashion business; I'm in the beauty business.

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

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.

It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.

I don't want the collections to look like a potpourri. It has to have a cohesive idea, and it has to be glamorous and beautiful and fit well.