The power of your thoughts can influence how events turn out. I'm a positive person - when bad things happen, I can see the silver lining. As a result I think I am very lucky, even though I probably have as much bad luck as anyone else, and that translates into seeing opportunity.

In order to stay relevant, you have to stay open to new trends and keep educating yourself. You have to keep evolving.

My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.

Part of creating the future is to follow this consumer. Women are working; we've moved the store to the desk. Now though, she's is in the back of a cab with her iPhone or her iPad, she's tweeting an outfit that her friend is wearing and desperately trying to find out where she got her shoes online.

I think the fashion industry was slightly put off by people they didn't know. They were presented with things like 20-gatefold color brochures.

Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.

Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.