I've Never Said I'm A Fashion Designer.

I Have A Very Socratic Approach - I Pummel The Designers With Questions, So When I Get Them To Step Back From The Work And Look At It With Me, They'll Eventually See What I See, Coming To It Fresh And Unencumbered. That's Always Very Gratifying Because They Feel A Responsibility And An Ownership Of A Solution.

I Say Long And Lean As Opposed To Tall, Because You Could Be 5 Four And Look Long And Lean.

If You're Wearing A Jacket, As I Always Am, The Sweater Vest Always Needs To Be Buttoned, With The Exception Of The Bottom Button. But If You're Going Sans Jacket, You Can Leave It Open.

I've Never Mentioned This, But When I Was At Parsons Teaching, The Other Design Disciplines, They Don't Like Fashion Design. They See It As Very Nineteenth-century.

I Learned From Teaching. If You Are Perceived By The Student To Be Belittling Them Or Purely Criticizing Them Without Offering Up Words Of Encouragement And Support, They Shut Down And Discredit You.