For the red carpet, I think dress first and the makeup to follow.

Everybody needs a killer LBD. If you're a woman, you should find that LBD that gives you that extra pep and confidence.

I don't believe in one ideal beauty.

There’s not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.

My muses were all the incredible, iconic women of glamour in Hollywood that I have worked with over 15 years. Anjelica Huston, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lena Dunham, Viola Davis, Rihanna, Demi Moore.

Every seam, every lace, every bead has been painstakingly, with love, corrected, perfected and mastered.

I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.