I suppose the most daring thing I’ve ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.

I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage – all my luggage matches.

Valentino made my day suit for the wedding of Paloma Picasso in Paris.

People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.

I love people – it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.

When I do entertain, in the summer, which is rare, I receive my guests on the front porch, set up wicker trays found at Pottery Barn, and serve iced beverages. Anytime I do welcome friends,...

I’m usually at home and in bed by 10 o’clock. I do not want to be out at anybody’s New Year’s Eve party.

I don’t tear down. I prefer to build up.

Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.

‘Drekitude’ is the lowest point in the lowest ebb. It could be your look. It could be your shoes. It could be that you’re standing wrong. ‘Drek’ is a total, total, total hot mess.

Money isn’t everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

First Ladies have always been held like specimens under a media microscope.