Erin O'Connor Quotes

When you look at the runway now, the girls are 15 and 16 years old with no knowledge of clothes, no idea how to project themselves. I was trained how to show off the dress, how to move to make the clothes look better.

My mom was a model, and her laid-back but put-together sensibility really rubbed off on me.

Personality is so important - when you dress somebody for a big party, it is good to feel that the person has an ease and naturalness with what she is wearing.

If you're a model, you're supposed to know how to walk, aren't you?

I think any woman can be transformed by a beautiful dress and high heels.

I think that glamour is about confidence and really owning the look.

There's a real power in heels and a good dress.

Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.

I never thought I'd be the type of girl who'd be doing, like, fashion shoots.

I feel that if you are not comfortable, you can't be stylish, and that is the rule I follow.

Of course, I always loved fashion - and I was always the tallest one and the skinniest one, so that helped.

Confidence is the best accessory. It can make or break an outfit.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

I was the good Bond girl, but I wanted to have the dresses and the high heels. I wanted the funky, sexy name.

To wear a gray tweed suit, you have to be mature and confident in yourself. Some people can't pull it off.

I think people look great in black. I love that what stands out is the person, especially. Black just conveys a kind of drama, even if it can be quiet drama. It does lend to the wearer a sense of confidence.

Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

I love a bit of glamour - who doesn't? - but I probably wouldn't be able to pull it off.

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.

For me there ain't no high heel high enough.

On 'America's Top Model,' I've always told my girls to smile with their eyes. We call it 'smizing.' Over the years, it's actually become part of pop culture. I would be walking down the street, and girls would say, 'Smize!'

A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.