People always ask what I would have done if I weren't doing what I'm doing. And I say I'd [still] be in fashion or in beauty. It's such a dream come true now because I have the ability to go into home [goods] and accessories as well.

AERIN is saturated with the qualities that have surrounded me my entire life, many of which came from my grandmother, Estee: passion, style, hard work, family, and, of course, all things beautiful.

My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me.

Mom used to frame everything we made, and now I'm following her example. It makes children so proud to see their work on display instead of hidden away. I figure if I take my children's work seriously, maybe they will too. And it reinforces the idea that art is not something alien and esoteric. Anyone can make art.

I love to decorate a room - from the furniture to the objects to the books.

When you ask women what's the one thing they wish they had more of, they always say time.

Beauty is my heritage, but home decor is very much my passion.