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I really wish I worried less.
I love order and organization.
I collect books, a lot of books.
I collect books - a lot of books.
I adore pretty things & witty words.
I'm admittedly not that into the Internet.
If I run, I'm much healthier - I run on a treadmill.
Playing dress up begins at age 5 and never really ends.
I find color optimistic and enthusiastic, and I adore it.
I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, I'm going to be a designer.'
Think, Travel, Celebrate, Charm, Decorate, Dress, Live - colorfully
Popeyes and Taco Bell. I try to be healthy, but they're just so good.
Every time I go to the market, Andy says, 'Don't forget the Triscuits!'
Everyone loves to get a letter. I love sending them. I love getting them.
People have this impression that I'm a little kooky, but I'm actually very OCD.
Students were pulled aside to spend more time in art class, and I wasn't one of them.
The best thing about being a business owner is that you get to run your own schedule.
I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer.
As far as I'm concerned playing 'Dress Up' begins at the age of five, and never truly ends.
Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)
I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
Sometimes I shoot out of bed like it's a relay race, and I'm on the phone, leaving voice mails.
If you're honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.
If you're as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.
Being a mother adds an enormous amount of stress to your life. You need to make sure you're there for everything.
I hope that people remember me not just as a good businesswoman but as a great friend - and a heck of a lot of fun.
In the same way that men wear ties to add personality to their clothing, so too should women wear their accessories.
I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding.
When you're trying to be a parent and a businessperson at the same time, that is the most stressful thing you could do.
I like my stationery to be funnier, like, 'Here's my note, and it's an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.'
Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
'Frances' is a longtime family name on my dad's side. My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter's name is Frances.
I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list.
I believe that accessories should bring color and texture to an every day wardrobe based on each individual's sense of style.
Live in such a way, that if someone speaks badly of you no one would belive it. Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.
The idea of recklessly spending money - even though it sounds like it's lots of fun, it's fashion - isn't interesting to me. It is a business.
In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music, intrigue, and romance, you must surround yourself with precisely those things.
I started getting orders from some of the leading stores Fred Segal, Bergdorf Goodman. I realized then that my bags were being noticed by the fashion world.
No one realizes how hard parenthood is. I am not saying going into the office is easy. It's not. But parenthood, as fun as it is, is not for the fainthearted.
I started designing my handbags in my apartment and I had six samples made in satin-finished nylon. I displayed them at trade shows but they went unnoticed at first.
I loved fashion, I really did, but I was not obsessed with it. I wanted to be behind the scenes, like in that movie 'Broadcast News.' Holly Hunter - her I wanted to be.
A handbag is only one item to be worn with a complete outfit. Add a peony pink leather handbag to a charcoal gray suit, for instance, and the impact is chic with a touch of wit.
I'm one of six children. I'd love to sound educated and say I dive into a good book when I'm there, but in truth, I spend time with the kids playing cards, ping-pong, and board games.
I think the details and the quality are so important that it has to have an emotional tug. Even if it's the simplest shoe, it has to have something that says, 'Oh, I have to have you.'
I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves.
I created my bags from the notion of developing a well-edited line of fashionable, but not "trendy" handbags. By designing styles that will be as relevant tomorrow as they are today, my brand has established itself as a modern classic.
My mother was very good at encouraging me to dress however I wanted to dress. My sisters would sometimes think, 'Oh my God, you let her buy that fuzzy leopard coat at that vintage store?' I thought, of course, I looked like Audrey Hepburn.
Our family has dinner together every night - you can tell that my daughter wants to run. After dinner, I go up to my room and immediately put on my pajamas. I mean, immediately. I read some things that I haven't read yet, and I jump into bed.
People have this impression that I'm a little kooky, but I'm actually very OCD. I love order and organization. I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks, and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list. Now that's OCD.
I did not go to fashion school. I arrived in New York in 1986 from Kansas City and was working as accessories editor for Mademoiselle Magazine. While working at Mademoiselle I noticed that the market lacked stylish and sensible handbags, so I decided to create my own.