When It Comes To My Vocabulary, I

We Can Wear Whatever We Want And Get Away With It. Just Be Confident About Being Who You Are And Dressing For That Person.

Life Is A Big Collaboration - And When You're Tackling Something That Is Painful And Troubling And Is Causing You Such Desperate Grief That You Think Life's Not Worth Living - You Need To Reach Out. To People Who Will Reach Back.

I'm Constantly Correcting Young People And Fashion Students In This Nation When They Say "well, I Do Couture." By Definition, You Don't. You Have To Be Licensed By The Government Of France To Do Couture. So Don't Use That Term. You Can Say That You Do One-of-a-kind, You Can Say It's Custom, But You Can't Say It's Couture - Because It's Inaccurate.

I Do Things Like Hem A Pair Of Pants, I Do My Own Tailoring But I Wouldn't Attempt A Jacket.

I Grew Up With An Absolutely Horrible, Debilitating Stutter, And It Was What Caused Me To Retreat Into Myself And Caused Me To Have Very Few Friends And Not Want To Socialize, And It Made Me Absolutely Terrified Of Giving Reports In School. It Was Awful. It Wasn't Until I Was 19 That I Had Intensive Speech Therapy. I Had It For Two Years And It Really Helped, Though I Will Say When I'm Tired, The Stutter Comes Out, Even Now.