My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.

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It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

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I love a black wedding dress.

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Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.

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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.

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When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.

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

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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

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They never ask the celebrities why they don't wear their own clothes on the red carpet.

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Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

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