I would say this to my students all the time, it's about 30% you as the teacher and 70% about them. They tend to think that their role is to be the baby bird in a nest and you're going to feed them? They're going to feed themselves, or they're going to starve.

I've never mentioned this, but when I was at Parsons teaching, the other design disciplines, they don't like fashion design. They see it as very nineteenth-century.

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

Staples are only good if they truly suit our lifestyle.

What's important to a fashion designer? It's much more than learning how to make clothes. In fact, that merely makes you a dressmaker. It doesn't make you into a fashion designer.

I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love the written word.

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