Society has a hyper emphasis on thin, and that trend comes from the consumers - it does not come from the fashion industry. The fashion industry needs to make money; that's what we do. If people said, 'We want a 300 pound purple person,' the first industry to do it would be fashion.

There are a bunch of different ways to look at the fashion industry. Is it shallow to work in fashion? Yes, it can be. But does fashion transform a woman who might feel like nothing and unimportant to glamorous and gorgeous? Yes, it does. Does it employ a huge sector of America? Yes, it does.

My parents are famously not part of the gestalt of the fashion industry.

Beverages have to be created. And they're created by looking at what trend is in, say, the fashion industry - what color's hot right now.

It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.

Business is tough, and the fashion industry is particularly tough.