My best life advice:Take the high road.No matter how much stress, or strain, or consternation you are facing, take the high road.You will never regret it.

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

And Brooke Elliott is a great actress.

I'm one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.

I believe that it's very important to get to know people with whom you can have a substantive dialogue about design and its development. In addition, read everything about fashion that you can get your hands on. A palpable point of view is what makes a designer, so you need to be confident about yours.

I pretty much stay true to myself and try to find the good in people and not be snarky.

I guess the most famous person I was so extremely exhilarated by being with - and actually sat next to her at a luncheon at the White House - was Mrs. Obama.