I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.

I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old.

I love to smell like roses, literally all day!

I think that women can tend to look so feminine so easily. So it's interesting to see how we can look masculine and strong, too.

I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.

I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.

I'm inspired by different cultures around the world and love to incorporate these facets into my collection.

I've always loved fashion so much and I didn't have access to the kind of fashion I really wanted, so I would do vintage shopping.

If you feel good, you stand up a bit straighter.

If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.

The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.

When I look at pictures when I was younger, I do the quintessential cringe.

When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.

When you have children love is always there in the best form.

At the end of the day, I want to create collections that, although I am inspired by very creative women, I want my customer to walk away with a silhouette that she doesn't even know what collection it comes from. That it just lasts in her wardrobe and makes her feel strong and confident and hopefully happy.

I don't think that everything that's popular is necessarily right for every body and so I'd like for girls to be confident enough to make the right choice for themselves and to look unique.

I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.

I'm not only passionate about dressing women and helping them feel and look their best, but also about helping to give a stronger voice to women and children in need around the world.