We can wear whatever we want and get away with it. Just be confident about being who you are and dressing for that person.

But if fashion were easy, wouldn't everybody look great ?

I've been in situations where I've said to young people: "You're so personable, you're so articulate, you're clearly so bright, you're so good-looking - feel better about yourself!" But if at the core if you don't, all those words mean nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I'm really not a trend promoter because I feel that people push trends on people they shouldn't.

Life is a collaboration, it's not a solo act.

I really believe things happen for a reason, and sometimes that reason isn't revealed until much much, much, much later.

I have a very Socratic approach - I pummel the designers with questions, so when I get them to step back from the work and look at it with me, they'll eventually see what I see, coming to it fresh and unencumbered. That's always very gratifying because they feel a responsibility and an ownership of a solution.