Lindsey Wixson

“If you're a model, you're paid to be a muse.”

“To feel at ease, I wear trousers and a cashmere sweater.”

“I was actually always really self-conscious about my gap. In middle school, this group of girls were always trying to beat me up - they called my gap a parking lot. It was a really awkward time.”

“I'm a really natural person; I love nature.”

“Real success is not, like, materialistic. It's being where you want to be when you want to be; just living your life how you feel; having an ultimate goal and being able to accomplish it.”

“If I didn't ever model? I would be back in Kansas. I would probably end up being a pastry chef. My grandma taught me how to make a pie.”

“I really like Amelia Earhart. She's from Kansas. She disappeared, so I have to take her place. I want to be Dorothy. I want to be Amelia Earhart... I want to do it all.”

“I measure the amount of shows I should do by my hair. If my hair isn't good for campaigns and editorials, then obviously I am not going to look good.”

“I dress myself, not to impress, but for comfort and for style.”

“I've always liked playing with makeup. It's fun. I love going places and getting dressed up.”

“I'm really glad that I kept the gap. There are a lot of iconic women from past and present who have one.”

“I love singing, it lifts my spirit.”

“I try to be extra creative with the colors and textures I wear during fashion week. It's not for street style, though; I just like dressing sometimes.”

“I wear everything to jeans and a t-shirt to Zac Posen ball gowns.”

“I love hats! I collect vintage ones - I find them at antique shops in Kansas.”

“My lips are a lot thinner than what makeup artists usually create, because they make them almost graphic.”

“When I was younger, most people thought my lips looked like Tweety Bird's - there were always comments like that from family and neighbors.”

“Being nervous is a waste of time.”

“My style reflects my mood, the place I'm in, and the place I'm going to.”

“You can't just come from Kansas, go into fashion and be all naive. The fashion world is very different to where I'm from.”