The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise.
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.
