For everyday you just need one makeup element. People dress so casual today and we're living in a time where almost anything goes.

There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.

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

In such a fast-paced world, gathering people around a table to share a meal allows everything to slow down. I would ask people to sit at least once a week around a table and just enjoy each other's company. Give them the time to talk, laugh, and fill their bellies. It seems like a small thing, but it can bring so much joy to so many people.

Glamour to the outside world is taking some sense of care in your appearance and should give you inner confidence. You can do a full on look or you can do a 'less is more' look but you want to have those components, those little things that are special to you.

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

Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.