Words of Wisdom

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"My fashion wisdom comes from gardening...This is a difficult time for many but I am not in crisis mode. Like the seasons of gardening, there is a time to plant and a time to harvest, and now is a time to weed. This will pass."—Oscar de la Renta gets philosophical at his recent Lake Tahoe fashion show [WWD, sub. required]