It's not an area where designers want to focus or pay attention - women who are larger than a size 12.

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

We shop out of boredom, for release, for excitement, for a sense of achievement, for a sense of control over our unruly existences. And every so often, we shop because we need something to wear.

As long as we have Netfix, Turner Classic Movies, Amazon, YouTube, and bookstores, there is no excuse ever to lack inspiration.

All the magazines contradict each other because it is so diverse. Know what you like, know what looks good on you and keep doing it, no reason to chase trends.

I have to have my coffee. I probably have three cups a day, but only before noon.

On my first day teaching my own classroom, I threw up before I entered the building.