It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.

Whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror. Where I used to practice in New York City, there was a mirror so you could actually watch yourself skate. And nowadays my golf teacher will film me swinging so I can see what I am doing. Having looked first at myself and my own body for so long as one does as a dancer and a skater, it was so natural to do fashion.

I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.

Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

In terms of bridal dress, I've tried everything. I've tried short, long, deconstructed, constructed, bustiers, working in fabrics, working in color. I've been working in color in bridal for probably 15 years. Who else would do an entire collection dipped in tea? I did that one year. My design team dipped every single dress in tea in a bathtub. I did that just because I wanted to work out of the vocabulary of white.