Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

Usually I do a practice in the morning first and then meditate. I'm fortunate that I can do it in a car, in a bus, in a plane.

Sometimes it takes a germ of an idea, which takes a long time to digest.

I love to play, I love to dance, I love to party . . . I'm a liver. I think what I need to learn is how to find the calmness, the centeredness.

It used to be only yoga, but now I do Pilates as well; I feel like I need the balance.

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

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.