Each job I had wasn't necessarily the perfect job, but I always talk to young women about how you really have to take certain things from each job and learn from that and then move on to something you really want to do.

When I started my company, many people said I shouldn't launch it as a retail concept because it was too big a risk. They told me to launch as a wholesaler to test the waters - because that was the traditional way.

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

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

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.

I could eat gazpacho three times a day.

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