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

There’s one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a negativity in the head of a designer or the student, and it’s a distraction.

I just think the Kardashians have an absence of taste and I don’t think that that should be perpetuated. I’m sorry I’m sounding like an old farty, snob, but it bothers me.

I really cherish having my private time and being alone and being able to decompress. It's my own version of meditating.

I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of encouragement and support, they shut down and discredit you.

We all had to search for more words to describe things.

Frankly, from my perspective, the bomber jacket is such a classic item you can wear it even when it's not on trend.