Leggings are everywhere, indeed. Personally, I'm not crazy about them, but they can look great with the right look, a tunic, for instance, or a long cardigan. Just don't try to dress them up!

I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.

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?

I believe in letting karma do its thing. What comes around goes around.

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

If you want to, you can share my teaching refrain: I can't want you to succeed more than you do.

If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.