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I Am A Stickler For Good Manners, And I Believe That Treating Other People Well Is A Lost Art. In The Workplace, At The Dinner Table, And Walking Down The Street--we Are Confronted With Choices On How To Treat People Nearly Every Waking Moment. Over Time These Choices Define Who We Are And Whether We Have A Lot Of Friends And Allies Or None.

I Had This Wonderful Career And Thought I Would Retire As A Teacher.

You Have No Control Over Other People's Taste, So Focus On Staying True To Your Own.

I'm Really Not A Trend Promoter Because I Feel That People Push Trends On People They Shouldn't.

The Color, The Shape, And The Texture--none Of It Is Accidental. Every Item We Wear Has A Glorious (or Sometimes Not So Glorious) History, And That History Extends Back Years--centuries, Even--before Oscar De La Renta's 2002 Collection.