For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.

It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.

Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.

We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end - it's not the final curtain - it's really in the doing it, and loving what you're doing.

My philosophy has always been that I can sell chinos and T-shirts and $5,000 gowns - they just have to be the best of what they are.

We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.