My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.

I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?

If you want to have longevity, then I think that you have to have a point of view, but at the same time still be elastic. Things evolve, the world changes, but people have to know you for who you are so they know what you stand for.

The greenest thing you could do in fashion, is to buy something great that you’re going to use for years

Fashion is not like the movie business, where you can have two great projects in a row and then say, "You know what? I'm going to take off eight months." What am I going to tell people? Wear last year's clothes?

Learn to invest in the best quality you can afford and wear pieces in different ways.

North Americans as a whole need to embrace having clothes altered to their body. I hear it all the time: why do the Europeans always look so good? They have a relationship with their tailor and spend the time and money to make their clothes look their best.