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" I don't cook ribs in my own home. I let my dad cook the ribs. He's from St. Louis, Missouri. I like to use a grill, but that's my dad's domain. "

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" I was not a young fashion victim. I really had an idea of what I liked in fashion and how I dressed. "

" I was born and raised on 'Singin' in the Rain.' It's in my work. It's in me. "

" I have multiple lines and am licensing multiple projects, but I am still hands-on. It feels special. I don't take it for granted. "

" I think that maybe growing up and being dyslexic early on, the visual quality of cookbooks specifically was something very enticing to me. "

" I am a Florenz Ziegfeld fanatic. "

" As a designer, I always want to put out to a larger public. I truly believe that all bodies are beautiful, and that's what makes our world exciting. "

" The practice of patience in crafting and process is a virtue that needs to come back. "

" I'm interested in the opportunity that people can self-create using social media and the online dialogue. Before social media, you needed to have a lot of personal funds to break through to hire the right people and build a presence to start a line. It gives the opportunity and platform for people to be discovered. "

" There's something very old-fashioned and luxurious to have a pair of pants and jacket made to your needs and measurements. "

" At the end of the day, you're not defined, I don't believe, by your financial means. That doesn't make you a better person or a smarter person. "

" I always end up in the kitchen at restaurants. At events or parties, too, I like to see where my food is prepared or made. I like the theater of it. "

" I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive. "

" Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves. "

" I go online at night and I order flowers, rare flowers, and then they come in the mail. That's my fashion detox. "

" Chefs have the ego of an actor and fashion designer combined. "

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" I think it's really important to try to eat seasonally as much as possible. It helps put people in touch with what's happening locally and with nature. "

" I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it. "

" When I'm on the road for fashion shows, I love room service. I think it's one of the greatest things in the world. I usually like to keep it simple with soup, but my big indulgence is French fries or chicken fingers. "

" I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors. "

" When you make and drape clothing, the scissors are your tool. What can I say about them? They're my babies. And you have to take care of them correctly. You have to have them sharpened, and you can't use them for any other material. "

" I like films that probe emotional questions and inspire you to get creative and get writing, get draping, painting, cooking, whatever that thing is where you have that kind of output. "

" There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination. "

" I believe that creativity is an important human experience and element in the same way as sleeping, eating, having sex. "

" I just think when you are dressing a celebrity, for me, I'm hopefully adding a moment. I always say, 'What role do you want to play?' when we start a fitting. "

" The most significant pieces for me are the ones that come from my drapings. It's emotional because they are created by my hand and then become a collaborative process in the atelier. "

" I cherish my time off and the solitude that comes along with it. "

" As one grows their company and brand, you have to learn to be a leader, and there's no formula. "

" Creative burnout and physical burnout is real. I mean, there are moments when I get home - after overseeing, you know, almost 16 collections a year - where I can't move. "

" I have to bring my A-Game 24/7, between creating, draping, and overseeing a myriad of different brands. "