People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, 'Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly!'

A man in a well tailored suit will always shine brighter than a guy in an off-the-rack suit.

North Americans as a whole need to embrace having clothes altered to their body. I hear it all the time: why do the Europeans always look so good? They have a relationship with their tailor and spend the time and money to make their clothes look their best.

I can sketch up a storm, and I'm very involved in how clothes are constructed, but I have a short attention span.

Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.