Less is more. I truly believe in buying a few pieces with better construction.

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.

Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you've lost.

Style can change your look, certainly, but it can also change your life.

Fit is everything. I don't care what your body type is like: If you're not wearing clothes that fit you, you can't have style.

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

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.