If you told me when I was a teen that I would end up being a teacher, I would have said you’re out of your mind, because quite frankly I hated school.
If you want to write an angry e-mail, write it but don’t send it. It’s based on my experience that whenever I have acted out in some manner, I have always regretted it.
I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.
I would say this to my students all the time, it’s about 30% you as the teacher and 70% about them. They tend to think that their role is to be the baby bird in a nest and you’re going to feed them? They’re going to feed themselves, or they’re going to starve.
In a manner of speaking. I certainly never want to lose my voice as an educator.
Nothing makes me happier than working with real people in the real world.
I just think the Kardashians have an absence of taste and I don’t think that that should be perpetuated. I’m sorry I’m sounding like an old farty, snob, but it bothers me.
I believe women do the best womenswear.
If you had pockets, you were associated with a labor force. It meant you had things to carry yourself. Otherwise, your lady’s maid or your manservant would have done it for you.
When I’m working in the real world with real women and we’re shopping, we find that fashion seems to end when you get any larger than a size 12. How ridiculous is that?
With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.
I just don’t like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.
I am the anti-trend guy? I don’t believe in chasing trends. And before anyone shops, I believe you benefit from doing a closet inventory. Ask yourself what am I wearing, what am I not wearing, and you’ll probably discover things you didn’t even know you had.
I have my mantra about silhouette, proportion, and fit. I believe that when they are in harmony and balance, you’ll look great in anything.
People put on certain clothes for certain reasons, I assume, when their closet is filled with clothes.
I don’t know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined.
I found early on in teaching, if you’re too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you’re just being mean. They’re not interested in what you have to say.
Trying and acheiving are two different things.
I have to have my coffee. I probably have three cups a day, but only before noon.
I’m one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.