“Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that’s extra special and thrilling because they shouldn’t be separated and their disabilities don’t have to separate them in anyway.”

I’m not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!

With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.

Hard times always lead to something great.

I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it’s much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress.

It’s just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she’ll come back.

When you’re designing clothing, you really only have one point of focus, and that’s the body. But home is fabrics and furniture and floors and natural light. If fashion is a planet, home is more like a universe.

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

At any appearance, I make sure that before the person takes a pic and runs away, that I make contact. All I can do is give that little bit of me, the kickback is miraculous.

If it hadn’t been for the rise of the working woman’s wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.

I was a cheerleader for nine years.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

My customer isn’t wrapped up in labels and money.

I never keep anything beautiful in the closet.

I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it’s much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress.

A woman who has style doesn’t necessarily need designers – designer wear. A woman who has style can put on any frock or dress or pant or whatever and still bring something to it.

If they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.

I want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.

The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.

One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you’re wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.

I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.

In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.