Everyone has a best feature, so find clothes and accessories to accentuate those, whether it's your shoulders or your long legs!
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.
I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.
But if I had to choose a single destination where I'd be held captive for the rest of my time in New York, I'd choose the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.
Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.
Part of what was in the ether all around me growing up, until I was between 19 and 20, was a terrible, debilitating stutter. It was part of what made me very reclusive as a kid.
I learned quickly that if the student's perception is that you're not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.
I love HGTV. I love the Food Network.
But my manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.
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.
