OK, Rule number 1: Unless you're served in a frosted glass, never come within 4 feet of my lips.

We grew up with social media. There was no iPhone when we started! I love technology; I love what it does to my life. What I really love about social media and the Internet is that it has shifted the power it has democratised everything.

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.

The first design I created was a circular skirt for my Barbie when I was 7.

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 always think of it you know building a business, building a brand, a friend of mine gave me a metaphor for it which I think is really true it's like building coral, you don't see it happening it's just little little little and when you step back you think wow.

Virtually the second I get home, I change into my "home" clothes - yoga pants and a T-shirt.