No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.

There are always different influences each season. It could be a person, it could be a piece of furniture; it depends on what I'm obsessing about.

A piece of fabric can get me going.

From the season I did the butterfly faux tattoos on the models on the runway, every collection we do has to have a butterfly t-shirt or trim or print. People come to me for butterflies!

To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.

Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.

You just pray that something is going to hit you like lightning. Like a movie, a book, or a photograph, a painting, something that you can riff on it and learn more about it and explore it, and just go on a journey with it. So lots of times when I choose a theme, I'll also incorporate other things that I'm doing at that period.