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'm always perpetually out of my comfort zone.

I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time.

I wanted to create a new way of looking at retail.

Ambition is not a four-letter word and women have to embrace that.

I think women want to look beautiful. I think that's an important thing. It is relevant.

I think women do work differently; it's important to have both men and women. They offer different things.