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“Just because you're from a city ten miles outside of St. Paul. It doesn't mean you don't read magazines, or the incredible Internet, and what's going on in the world. I never, ever take a client, or women, for granted.”
“I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.”
“I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.”
“The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!”
“I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style.”
“There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.”
“People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.”
“I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker.”
“I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.”
“It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.”
“To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.”
“I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.”
“I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl.”
“As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.”
“Things that came before, people and things and experiences - that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.”
“When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.”
“I see myself as an arbiter of taste.”
“Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.”
“I love a black wedding dress.”
“It's hard to juggle being a businessperson with being a creative person. You have to organize yourself - PR needs me for PR, and the licensing division needs me for licensing, the bridal people need me for bridal.”