Many people think that buying a fake product is harmless, but counterfeiting is estimated to result in annual losses of over $20 billion dollars to American companies.
I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time.
My father, Buddy Robinson, was superchic - a dandy. He always wore dinner jackets at night and espadrilles in the summer, but with his own flair. He was even well dressed when riding a tractor or listening to a ball game on the radio.
My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.
I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections of their childhoods. I've filled two journals. It's a great thing to do as a mother - you forget a lot as you go along, but reading over what you've written brings all the memories back.
There's a negative connotation to ambitious women, and I think that we should be able to be proud of being ambitious and not shy away from that, if that... is what you want to do.
I wanted stores that would feel like a comfortable room in my apartment, cozy and colorful and different.
I went to an all-girls school in a uniform and always got detention for wearing colorful boxer shorts under my kilt.
I just love the energy of going into different areas of New York.
One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine.
If I had to read only one author, it would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez because I love the mystical, magical quality of his writing.
I have always believed in 'less is more' in everything I do, from work to my personal life.
My approach to beauty is 'less is more,' but I usually wear a pinky-nude lip color, like my Pas du Tout.
There's no such thing as an overnight success.
Each job I had wasn't necessarily the perfect job, but I always talk to young women about how you really have to take certain things from each job and learn from that and then move on to something you really want to do.
Every job that you have might not be the perfect job, but you really take away different things, and you create relationships.
There's a Diebenkorn painting - 'Ocean Park No. 68' - that is the color of a swimming pool and always reminds me of summers at the beach.
I love blue in all its shades and textures. I wear navy like others wear black, and I love the blue in flowers - cornflowers, delphiniums.
I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.
When I started my company, many people said I shouldn't launch it as a retail concept because it was too big a risk. They told me to launch as a wholesaler to test the waters - because that was the traditional way.
