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I've had people say to me, 'You'll never sell handbags. You don't work with leather, and leather is luxury.' To me, it's the complete opposite: leather is everywhere - it's so cheap a material; it's so mass produced. Over 50 million animals a year are killed just for fashion. For me, it doesn't have a luxury element to it.

Little bitty bags are completely impractical - I like big slouchy bags because they have to be comfortable for my lovely wee Chihuahua Tequila, who comes everywhere with me. I'm devoted to him, now my kids have long since flown the nest.

Manbags are only acceptable if you are Italian, French, or gay.

Once I find a bag that I love, I wear it always. I just don't change my bags. I literally find one and stay with it.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

I'm more of a handbag girl; my guilty pleasure is bags. I don't even have a clue how many I own.

I like bags that are easy to wear and are pretty to look at. But I don't like them when they have no space and you can't put anything in them.

Actually, I never liked the idea of bags. I would say, 'Why do so many of my friends spend so much money on these bloody bags?' But once I started designing them, I was completely hooked. There are all of these blogs about bags. It's a whole other industry, and I'm really excited to be a part of it.

I've always loved when girls carry their wallets as a clutch instead of a bag.

I spend a lot of my time looking into people's bags and handbags - with their permission, of course.