I love shopping on a budget. I believe that more fashion mistakes are made by people with deep pockets than by those who shop on a budget.

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 just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials.

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 never told anyone this, in an effort to run from my past and disguise it, I got rid of all of the scrapbooks my mother kept going back to when I was a baby. Truly. So that's why whenever talk show hosts or a producer asks for these pictures, there are barely any. My sister had a few, but that's it, and this was before digital. I've never told anyone that, but that's the truth.

I do things like hem a pair of pants, I do my own tailoring but I wouldn't attempt a jacket.