Probably the most important piece of advice that I've ever gotten is to develop your mind. I left school very young and I always regretted it.

When I have a cocktail, I love a vodka and cranberry. But when I was a kid my mother was really against drinking, because it was so bad for your skin. She'd say, "Stephanie, it's much better to wash your face with vodka."

I educated myself, and it made me feel good. I went to museums. I read books. I did all the things, pretty much, that you would do in school. I would never want my kids to leave school, though, I'm really for education.

My husband and I were in Paris for the weekend and I hated wearing anything that was in style. I really loved '50s dresses, so we started going around Paris and hunting this stuff down. It became like this treasure hunt. From then on, I felt like a pirate every time I left Paris.

Probably the most important piece of advice that I've ever gotten is to develop your mind. I left school very young and I always regretted it.

I always had difficulty as a model just being myself. I can be very shy, and I used to have a lot of anxiety about working on set.

It makes me happy when my sons come home and tell me, 'We bumped into Donatella and she says hi.'