“Psychologically, there are two ways to look at dressing in the face of an oncoming double-dip recession. One is to allow the unavoidable belt-tightening times to drag us into a spiral of conservatism: Adopt a policy of safety and caution to blend into a bleak economic landscape. No fun. But there’s another choice rising over the horizon. If times are tough, let us defy them. If the belt must be tightened, fine - but make it a brilliantly bejeweled one. And then wear it every day to outdazzle the doom.”
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, January 2012.