"I just came from an interview at Phat Farm. I’m wearing my interview outfit, which means that I want to look professional, but not like I work at IBM."

"My major influence is my wife, because she is very passionate about what she does."

"I’m really influenced by my mom, and right now she’s doing a lot of stuff with chains. And medallions."

"Usually people think I’m either crazy or androgynous."

"I had no style when I met her. I certainly felt like I could be schooled."

"I guess I’ve never fit in my own minority. It’s been a lifelong problem. Or, to look at it another way, it’s been a career."

"Accessories speak volumes. Whenever I meet my salespeople, I look at their shoes and I can tell if we’re going to mesh."

"I used to go through all the magazines and was very influenced by Boy George."

"People always think [country women] are in the sticks, but we’re ladies. We’re classy ladies, and we express ourselves."