It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging.

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

I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.

I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.

All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.

The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.