I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.

I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, "Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all."

I just love the whole idea of conversational prints.

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

I have a big responsibility to my licenses. All my licenses draw from and take ideas from the runway.

I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.

You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.