Trying And Acheiving Are Two

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.

I Was A Teacher And An Administrator At Parson's School Of Design, And As An Administrator, I Was Associate Dean. And In That Role, I Went Around Fixing Things That Were Broken. And The Parson's Fashion Program Was Broken.so Fashion Chose Me. It Needed To Be Developed And Evolve. I Don't Know If It Comes Naturally To Anyone.

There's Nothing I Like Better Than Going To My Apartment, Closing The Door, Cooking My Little Dinner For One And Just Tuning Out. My Apartment Really Is My Haven. It's A Nest Where I Go To Heal.

I Always Say I Have A Socratic Approach To Most Things That I Do. I Pummel People With Questions, Because I Need To Know What They're Thinking, What They're Trying To Achieve, What They Believe The Final Outcome Is Going To Be.

So Perhaps The Real Secret To Style Is Filling Yourself To The Absolute Brim With Engagement. Loving Not Wisely, But Too Well And All That.