'Fashion Star' has been an incredible platform to show America the amount of work and discussion that goes into each garment you see in a store.

I don't trust valets, waiters - nobody. I don't waste my time anymore trying to figure out who leaks things to the press.

I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so many talented designers.

I'm hugely inspired by the '60s and the '70s. I just love the music of that time and the overall freedom of that era. I love that the idea of clashing didn't really exist. You could mix prints on prints, you could mix fabrics and colors - and it was more about the way you felt than about the label and trends. That's something that I've always gravitated towards.

You have to know that success is greater when it's shared.

I've always stayed really close with my mother and my father.

It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.