I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.

I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.

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

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.

Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.

I've never said I'm a fashion designer.

I understand the all black or all white look (to be perfectly blunt, it's easy and you don't have to think about it very much) but would any of us really want to be one of those people?