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If you're familiar with legendary multihyphenate Beatrix Ost, you might know her mantra, "In your body is a good place to be." But during a recent visit to her New York City apartment — spectacularly located next to Central Park — she discussed the meaning behind the motto. "You cannot go outside always listening to everybody, looking around [and asking] 'Who are the others? How do they look? What are they wearing?' You have to first know yourself," she explains. "And then go out and say, 'What do I want?'" Hear the rest of her advice for the fashion-inclined in the video.