I've never wanted to be in fashion. Because if you're in fashion, you're going to be out of fashion.

Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.

It’s easier to follow fashion than it is to have personal style.

I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.

I don't think I'm the gift of the world - I just do what I do, and I love it and I've been lucky.

You have to create something from nothing.

Sometimes when I walk into one of my own stores, I look at the display and say, "This looks so good - I want to buy it." Yet other times I walk in and the displays and mannequins will be all wrong, and I don't want to buy anything. When a customer walks into a store, she's looking for inspiration. So I'm tuned in to people, and I care about what they need and who they are.