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I think Forever 21 is a great way to get in on the trends without spending a lot of money.

You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.

As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles.

I love Forever 21. A friend of mine introduced it to me when I was in New York. I was borrowing a dress and said, 'Where's that from?' and she said, 'Oh, it's Forever 21,' and I said, 'What, I've never heard of that!' and she said, 'Oh it's this American brand,' and I thought, 'Why doesn't England have that; why doesn't Europe have one?'

Fashion was in a crisis up until the mid-'90s and, when it came out of the crisis, it was a very different place. It was a place that nurtured and cultivated young entrepreneurial designers.

There's never a new fashion but it's old.

Fashion changes. Everyone in fashion changes. I think it's important to change it up and reinvent yourself every now and again.

I started dressing vintage when I was a teenager because I didn't have money for designer clothes.

The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue.

One cabbie chastened me by saying that the fashion industry was doing harm to young people, who are trying to live up to an unrealistic ideal. It prompted me to make body image and diversity key issues on 'The Business of Fashion.'