Matching your hat to your shoe to your bag, or your necklace to your earrings, has a tendency to look dated. Mixing up your accessories adds interest to an outfit, and can make you look much more modern and polished.

There is something about a well-fitted modern jacket that feels like armor. If it's cut well, it adds a dose of cool to anything you wear it with and does the heavy lifting when it comes to creating a flattering shape.

Smart beauty is about looking your best and feeling your best and never overpaying for it.

If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.

I don't argue style on the basis of tastes. If you feel like you've reached your personal best, don't change.

You have to let go of who you were to allow yourself to become who you are.

Any item in your wardrobe should satisfy one of two criteria: utility and joy.