I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.

Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.

People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.

Is she going to, or has she done it? Has it happened? What is the story here?

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

Whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror. Where I used to practice in New York City, there was a mirror so you could actually watch yourself skate. And nowadays my golf teacher will film me swinging so I can see what I am doing. Having looked first at myself and my own body for so long as one does as a dancer and a skater, it was so natural to do fashion.

I see myself as an arbiter of taste.