I hate the idea that you have to give up anything. I think you can be powerful and still be provocative, you can be smart and have a softness, you can have all of it.

My personal style icon is Steve McQueen. My design style icon is a mix of everyone from Jackie O. to Lauren Hutton to my mother.

Put on a trench, you're suddenly Audrey Hepburn walking along the Seine.

The perfect accessory can make the difference between looking blah and totally to die for

My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh.

I've always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a woman's outfit.

Ultimately, clean lines have greater longevity, which women appreciate, and to which they can add their own personality