What's worked for me is not quitting and being passionate about what I do and not giving up - and when I don't believe in myself, turning to others who believe in me.

Without any kind of real ego on my part, I just thought, I'm going to approach the people I admire and see if they want to do something together.

I am really glad to be working at the profession that I love.

There is never a wrong time for a polka dot.

But the customer is the final, final filter. What survives the whole process is what people wear. I'm not interested in making clothes that end up in some dusty museum.

Sex is always good, isn't it? Well, actually it's not always good, but it's always a good thing.

I do think that in order for a company to be interesting to the investment community, there needs to be a plan; there needs to be a bigger retail footprint. There needs to be this idea - DNA, lifestyle, words I hate.