New York is very career-orientated and it's hard to take time off here, but that is great for building a business.
What I love about my husband is that he really allows me to be the best person I can.
I love children. I've always loved children.
When I got pregnant, I became very interested in natural products. You wonder what you're putting on your skin when you're carrying a child.
One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It's a Victorian-style setting that's closed in the back, so it doesn't sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant.
I always have a camera now that I've got a kid, but I don't think I've got one picture of anyone other than my daughter.
It's good to talk to people and get ideas.
I look much more civilized than I actually am.
I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person.
Photography obviously lends itself so well towards fashion. It's capturing that moment and that inspiration, and as a designer you are constantly walking through the world assimilating those visual references you have and so being able to solidify that into a photograph and keep it on your mood board is essential to creating a collection.
I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.
What an amazing opportunity to do something like direct a movie and step out of your creative comfort zone and yet do something that is also so familiar at the same time. I was also just excited to have the chance to direct, which I may never get to do again.
Sometimes if I can't sleep and I am up in the night, I will start researching things - it could be an image I've seen, or a book I am reading.
I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.
I think it's very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.
