There are a lot of things about my career now that are as I imagined, hoped for and worked towards.

We spotted Beyoncé, January Jones, Rihanna and Carey Mulligan wearing the label [Karen Walker]. I was ecstatic, but I'm just as thrilled to see interesting girls wearing our product everywhere. It's quite a buzz.

There are a lot of things about my career now that are as I imagined, hoped for and worked towards.

Always take one last look in a full-length mirror before leaving the house.

I'm a gastronome first and foremost. I have several bookshelves in my home full of cookbooks, foodie magazines and food writer books and I am always on the hunt for a great recipe or local foodie haunt to try.

I'm just in the business of creating; creating new work inspires you to create new work. It's kind of funny.

You never really know if it's going to happen or not do you but the vision was always for [Karen Walker] to be a global niche luxury product.