I looked at my competitors and I thought that, "If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them."

No one is an inventor in the fashion business. Designers recreate fashion.

My rule of thumb is to strike a balance by sticking to the classics and playing with color, texture, and print to give them a modern update. On any given day, I keep it simple with jeans or chinos and a comfortable dress shirt.

The possibilities are endless, so never be discouraged by a setback, no matter how big.

I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.

Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it.

I disapprove of lots of decisions made by George Bush: the war, the meddling in the affairs of other countries, the conversations with dictators; it was a dark time.