I would love to take an old space and restore it to exactly the way I want it. Like an old factory, just something with great bones and lots of character. I'd take an old house and flip it into something very modern inside, or the other way around.

The idea of transformation is super-important to me. You can see it in the way I approach things. I have never been a clean-faced, freshly scrubbed hair person. I'm the New York designer who doesn't do that. I think about the hair and makeup almost as much as I think about the clothes because it all has to work.

As a designer you have to just do whatever you want to do. The second I came to terms with that, it transformed my work.

My parents are very comfortable with the way that I am, and I think they've always been. Without that, I don't think that I would have ever have been able to grow into the person that I am today. I never felt like I was hiding anything from them.

My cats are really sassy and sophisticated, but most importantly, they are picky.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

I love a little bit of glamour and I love tall girls.