Fashion is about affordable luxury ... To succeed, designers need to be affordable, wearable, accessible, and aspirational.

I think preppy stands for optimism, confidence, energy and authenticity.

But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.

I saw my future. I pictured it, but didn't quite know how to get there. But I knew that I should never give up.

I try not to have regrets and to learn from every experience.

I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them.

The preppy lifestyle has gone global. We feel that our business has grown so well because preppy travels so well. It's all-American classic.