It's challenging being a woman. There are other kinds of obstacles that come your way, but there are many times that being Latin has actually helped me, being a Cuban-American has helped me.

I think we are living in pretty scary times and people are looking for inspiration and are also more open to the spiritual possibilities.

I want my mother to think - she's a tough fashion critic.

When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth.

I love the little suckers; they're so cute. But I love sleep so much, and I worry about everything.

I also have an amazing codesigner and an amazing partnership with New York & Co. The exciting part of growing together and having this kind of long-term relationship is that they can anticipate where I'm going with something. So our relationship is very defined, it's a true partnership so I'm not doing it all by myself.

I have to be a little bit guarded, because I can be very open and I like to include people, but then again I have to remind myself to be careful.