The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how they want to live and how they dream they'll live. That's what I do.

I think I'm very fortunate to be born in America. And lucky to be able to have lived and had the opportunity to do what I want to do.

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

I have always done what I love myself. My philosophy was that I never had focus groups. I did what I wear.

I exercise at the gym with a trainer. I feel it's very healthy, very important - important for everybody. I feel it's good for you. It makes you feel better. It loosens you up a little bit.

The best thing you can do is go away from this saying, 'I can do this too,' because it's all possible and I'm living proof.

Personal style is about a sense of yourself, a sense of what you believe in and wearing what you like.