Exude unconditional confidence.

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.

At all costs, avoid clothes that are too big. The more volume your clothes have, the more volume you appear to have.

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

The element of fashion I'd like to see more often? Clothes that fit people well. For me it's not so much about the clothes.

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.

It's so important to reach out to people you trust, and who can give you honest feedback, and keep those people close to you. You don't want to surround yourself with enablers.