You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not. So there I was.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

One of our greatest gifts is out intuition. It is a sixth sense we all have - we just need to learn to tap into and trust it.

I sit quietly and repeat my mantra until I'm in a meditative state, taking it all in but not focusing on any one thing.

I've been meditating as part of my yoga practice for so long, I can't remember when I started.

You look at the world situation, look at London, Paris, Italy, it is all basically the same as the U.S. Then you look at other places such as India, Bali, with warmer climates, you know the Southern climates, they are very different. I think there is a time and place for everything and in Australia, for example, it is completely the opposite. I don't think we can be designing for that customer per se.

I love working in the markets, I love working with fabric. So I'm not that conditioned to one thing.