When did you first launch your line and why?
"In 1967. I was traveling to London every weekend, and I took a job in airline reservations just so I could travel more. The look of the day when I was at F.I.T. was 'Mad Men' with girdles and corsets and Jackie Kennedy style. I was definitely not the matching hat and bag type. I was wearing vintage and Salvation Army way before it was the cool thing to do. So, I just started deconstructing the Jackie Kennedy-type styles, working them into my own looks. It wasn't until I was in London and saw the beginnings of the '60s revolution that I found my place, my voice. I fit in completely. I opened a basement store in Manhattan and sold my finds from London while starting my own collection."