Shakira Caine

“South Hampton is the A group; East Hampton is the B group; Bridge Hampton both A and B groups; and Sag Harbor, Water Mill, Amagansett and Sagaponak the Fun Group.”

“People are unfair when you're married to someone famous. They believe you haven't got thoughts of your own. That's where they are wrong.”

“Well-tailored clothes I can wear forever.”

“At one time, very wealthy ladies only wore real jewels. Now they want costume.”

“South Hampton is Jacket-With-No-Socks, East Hampton is Socks-With-No-Jacket, Bridge Hampton is Jacket-and-Socks and Sag Harbor, along with the Fun Group, is No-Jacket-and-No-Socks.”

“Michael encouraged me to do it, but I'm not ambitious to be a star.”

“If a marriage goes wrong, 60 percent of the blame is with the woman.”

“I am an independent person expressing myself.”

“It feels wonderful to be accomplishing something on my own.”

“I can't imagine Michael as Alfie.'”

“He was everything I didn't expect. I had just seen him in Get Carter' and he seemed so aggressive and ruthless. Instead, I found him charming and very gentle, someone whom I'd like to spend part of my life with. Michael was at that time still very much against marriage.”

“I am not totally subdued, I do scream and shout.”

“It doesn't take a lot of effort to get well-dressed.”

“I happened to get interested in jewelry when an ethnic tendency was reawakening in fashion.”