A good set of lashes can fix anything... even a mugshot.
Tinsley Mortimer
A sweater around your neck is always a great idea.
A bright, colorful clutch is a great statement piece that never goes out of style.
Life doesn't always end up where you want it to go; you have to be an optimist and keep moving forward.
Forget the stress of trying to find a taxi while you freeze. Ubers make you feel like you have a personal driver... a luxury!
A good set of eyelashes can fix a lot. Or at least make you feel more confident. I can't live without them, I'm sorry. I can't look at myself without them. It's not that I don't feel pretty, but they make me feel prettier. And I don't know why someone doesn't want to look prettier.
I haven't seen my natural hair color in 20 years.
Make sure your host knows that you are not high maintenance, and that you'll fit into any schedule that is planned.
I like pretty things around. I like it to be prissed up. Then I feel at least something is sane in my life.
Southamptoners think they are being beachy, but they are far more dressy than Newport. Stylish wedge shoes and sandals for ladies - silk caftans or long casual pants.
When people think of socialites, they generally think of ladies of style whose purpose is to get their pictures taken a lot; girls who love social activities and being on the society 'circuit.'
Yes, I live in Manhattan - and yes, I'm a cast member on 'The Real Housewives of New York' - but deep down, I'm still a southern gal from Virginia at heart.
If you have a girlfriend who is a fellow divorcee, you share a lot of common ground because you've been through the same things.
I don't follow trends. I wear what I feel comfortable in, and typically that is a dress. I love wearing very feminine details-poufs, ruffles, and baby-doll silhouettes.
Nothing really surprises me anymore. You put yourself out there - you're open and honest with what you have to deal with.
My absolute favorite hors d'oeuvres are tiny white lily flour flat Smithfield ham biscuits... bite-size and delicious. And being southern, I would never have a New York party without my signature pimento cheese spread.
Few changes are allowed in Palm Beach, making it an anachronistic little village where everything looks almost the same as it did years and years ago.
Many of us are taught to be ladies and keep our opinions to ourselves. But you can be completely railroaded if you don't make your point known by giving your opinion and speaking up.
For some people, showing up at a bridal salon without a ring or a groom might appear bizarre and quite unusual--but for me, it's a regular Tuesday afternoon.
It doesn't matter if someone is your fourth cousin once removed, he is Cousin Jimmy and called that always.
She may be called 'Grace the Face' for her physical beauty, but Grace Meigher is as beautiful on the inside as the outside.
Everything is groomed in Palm Beach...the lawns, the streets, and the shops are all pristine, particularly those on world-famous Worth Avenue, one of the most fabulous shopping streets in the universe, with outposts of Gucci, Chanel, Valentino, and Louis Vuitton enticing residents and visitors.
I am not a mean person. I would never hurt somebody.
There's stuff I look back at now and I'm like, Oh, my God, the dresses that were being sent to me, and I'm front row, and the designers I knew, and going to these glam parties - these are things I took for granted.
I like Le Bilboquet. I know it's been around for a while, but it's a classic. I do love a hotel bar, too. Anywhere dark too is a great place to go. I haven't dated that much in New York since I've been back.
If I put cameras on you every day, you're gonna be emotional and nothing will be perfect. You have to allow people to be people.
If I'm in Newport, Rhode Island, with my mother and we're doing nothing, I like to have a full face of makeup, because I'm a Southern girl.
I'm human, and we make mistakes. My biggest mistake was that I was running away from something here in New York and I ran into the wrong hands.
People thought that I had all the money in the world and that I was this little perfect princess posing with her hand on her hip and her blonde hair and her curls.
I have - thank you, Mommy - family money, thank you, which is nice.
I don't cook. My kitchen is actually very small.
When you order room service as much as I do, and Postmates, you don't really need to have a lot of food.
I always pamper myself with scented candles. They make the room look beautiful and me feel pretty.
In the South, we assume that one will have substance, be polite, be kind, be nice, but that person also needs to present himself/herself to the world with an individual unique well-developed style that identifies them as special.
Yes, I do consider the city I will be in when I decide which dress to wear. I get a little edgier in more metropolitan cities and a little fluffier in Southern cities. Having said that, I chose a lavender cupcake of a dress for the start of the book parties in New York City by Rafael Cennamo.
I do pack a different dress for each city, and if there are two events in a city, I have to pack two. Even so, I am able to travel with only one large suitcase and a small hanging bag for the fluffier dresses.
Originally I was going to write a fashion style guide, but then my publishers suggested I write a novel instead.
New Yorkers tend to have a wall up. Being from the South, I didn't have that. It helped me meet a lot of people. And, as a Southerner, I love wearing color. New York is a sea of black. My popping out in pink was definitely noticed.
It's funny, when you speak with 'New York' you never know which way they are going to go. They sorta walk that middle road where you don't know if your interview is going to go good or bad.
When someone is outright nasty to you that hurts. I really try not to have a negative outlook. I mean, I'm not going to say I'm not disappointed when I read something bad about myself.
But the annoying thing is designing the same thing for two different markets. Like clutches - Japanese girls have no use for clutches because they just go to the clubs right after work. They are so different from New York.
I'm designing for women between the ages of 20 and 40.
I'm very proud of what I accomplished here in New York - I had a clothing line, I had a lip gloss called Tinsley Pink, I wrote a book, I had a reality show and I did all these things.
I am obviously a very creative person.
I know what I am doing with my handbag design and clothing design.
I like to feel confident, and I never wear anything that doesn't feel like me.
But now, with the Internet, your picture is up and they're seeing you in Japan and Germany. That's what happened, and that's why I became more visible. Nothing I did was calculated.
I wasn't going to a charity event in order to get a picture, in order to get into a magazine.
I know when I go out and wear a pretty dress and get photographed, I'm going to be in the press, which will help with my business.
I did a reality show. There's nothing scandalous about that. I did it to further my business and career. I make my own money.
