Remember Someone Is Going To Be Out,

And I'm The First One To Tell People To Break The Rules. But You Can Only Break The Rules Once You Know What The Rules Are. The Other Thing Is, Fashion Is The Last Design Discipline To Actually Have Academic Texts And Historical Analysis.

Trying And Acheiving Are Two Different Things.

With Fashion, You Really Need To Understand The Aspects Of Construction. Not Just Design On An Ipad.

My Advice To The 10 Year Old Daughter Is: Fashion Happens In A Context. It's Societal, It's Cultural, It's Historic, It's Economic, And It's Political. So All Of Her Studies, Everything That Is Happening In The World, All Needs To Be Channeled Through Her In Order To Be A Good Designer.

I'm Making The Assumption That After Mrs. Obama Leaves The White House That She Will Continue All Of Her Work Toward Improving Education In This Nation And Childhood Health.