My mother worshipped at the alter of accessories and I got the bug. She always said, if you have a good, little, simple black dress and you have different accessories, you can have 27 different outfits.
To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!
I can’t tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It’s just instinctive.
I find that if I get up and push myself, I get lost in what I’m doing, and I forget about everything else until I stop doing it.
I used to collect frames. I’ve been collecting accessories since I was 11-years-old, creeping around flea markets and sales and everything. Whenever I saw unusual eyeglass frames, I bought them.
I’m delighted that gay people want to get married and I say why not! It’s nobody’s business and I would happily give my blessing.
I don’t expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.
I don’t think dressing has anything to do with numbers. I know people of 30 who act like they’re 97, and I have a few old-bag friends who are very hip.
I think that if you have to work very hard at dressing up and it makes you nervous or uptight, then you won’t look very well because you won’t be comfortable. I think it’s much better to be comfortable and happy than well dressed.
You have to know yourself and know what you can carry. If you’re not comfortable, no matter how well dressed you are, you’re not going to look right. I’d rather be happy and feel comfy.
Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
You can’t just say, “I’m gonna have style.” You have to work at it. It’s intuitive; some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.
I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
I’m making a lot of noise as I walk.
I’ve always been attracted to unusual eyewear. I thought glasses were an interesting accessory, depending on the shape of your face. People would always ask me, “Why are your frames so large?” And I would say, “The bigger to see you!” And that shut them up.
You have to observe a few simple rules in dressing, which are really not rules; it’s just being appropriate. If you’re 70 and want to wear miniskirts, 70-year-old knees ain’t pretty!
Technologically I live in the 17th century. I have a very simple cell phone. I say I live through the kindness of strangers, because if they see something on the Net they type it out and send it to me.
I live in the 17th century. I don’t have a computer. I don’t look at the internet. I use a cellphone, and that’s about my only connection to the modern world.
I don’t spend my life getting dressed! I have to put clothes on during the day; I don’t get dressed up at all when I’m working. I’ll wear jeans, or something very simple.
I don’t dress to be stared at. I dress for myself.
When you go to a nice restaurant, you want to be relaxed and have a drink and everything, you want to look at people who look well. You don’t want to look at some slob with an open shirt and a hairy chest. At least I don’t.