My favorite New York memory is that blizzard in '96. I get chills thinking about it. It's my favorite time here - call me crazy. I'm from Canada, and it's very cold up there.

In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don't think I would have seen as much change if I'd lived in any other city in the world.

Clothes should just be like a beautiful setting for a jewel: They should offset you.

Nobody responds to being made to feel judged.

People think if you're a model then you must take yourself way too seriously.

My favorite New York memory is that blizzard in '96. I get chills thinking about it. It's my favorite time here - call me crazy. I'm from Canada, and it's very cold up there.

You don't learn style from watching people on a runway. Fashion happens every morning when you wake up.