Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it’s your shoulders or your long legs!

We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear.

Fashion it's not just about learning how to draw pretty pictures, and how to sew, it's everything that makes up your life.

I really cherish having my private time and being alone and being able to decompress. It's my own version of meditating.

It's not an area where designers want to focus or pay attention - women who are larger than a size 12.

People believe that if you're concerned about the clothes you're wearing and the larger aspects of your appearance, that it's anti-intellectual. I say "Hogwash!" The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.

If you have to ask if a clothing item is a dress or a top, it is always a top.