If it doesn’t scare you, you’re probably not dreaming big enough.

There’s always a stigma attached to the word ‘ambition’ and women. I’ve embraced it. Ambition is NOT a four-letter word and women have to embrace that.

One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine.

If it doesn’t scare you, you’re probably not dreaming big enough.

Women have to embrace ambition if they want to. I had a lot of trouble taking compliments in the beginning, and it's really important for women to embrace their title.

The easy glamour of the French Riviera in the late 1960s - inspired by Romy Schneider's character in La Piscine - mixed with garden elements. Blueprint, botanical, lattice, Queen Anne's lace and folly prints are paired with cleaner silhouettes and proportions in a fresh palette of green, white and coral.

I wanted stores that would feel like a comfortable room in my apartment, cozy and colorful and different.