Exude unconditional confidence.
It's not an area where designers want to focus or pay attention - women who are larger than a size 12.
It's man's impact on our world that appeals to me more than just nature running wild.
I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of encouragement and support, they shut down and discredit you.
You have no control over other people's taste, so focus on staying true to your own.
And I'm the first one to tell people to break the rules. But you can only break the rules once you know what the rules are. The other thing is, fashion is the last design discipline to actually have academic texts and historical analysis.