I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
I find color optimistic and enthusiastic, and I adore it.
Before I came to New York, I only had a few pictures of the city in my mind. And you know 'That Girl?' Marlo Thomas jumping with her hat? I always loved that, and I wondered what that double street she crosses is. And it's Park Avenue! And that's what I can see out my window.
The best thing about being a business owner is that you get to run your own schedule.
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.'
If you're as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.
I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer.
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.
I didn't grow up thinking, 'Oh, I'm going to be a designer.'
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.
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.
I really wish I worried less.
I collect books - a lot of books.
'Frances' is a longtime family name on my dad's side. My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter's name is Frances.
Sometimes I shoot out of bed like it's a relay race, and I'm on the phone, leaving voice mails.
I'm admittedly not that into the Internet.
Every time I go to the market, Andy says, 'Don't forget the Triscuits!'
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.
I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding.
