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" I like to vegetate when on vacation given my busy schedule when I'm at work. "

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" Fashion is a pay-to-play game; this is an industry. At a certain point, you must bridge a gap where you are supporting the reviewer, the publication, and that is very real. "

" As a little boy, my mom would bake with me on the weekends - that was our time together. "

" I don't believe in one ideal beauty. "

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

" 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 try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me. "

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

" I started cooking out of middle school depression. "

" The first time I went to the Met Ball, I was 16. I was an intern there and saved up to buy a staff ticket to the party. That was my favorite experience going. It wasn't the red carpet; it was the experience of being there for the first time. "

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

" I truly believe that you can't be a successful business unless there are hiccups. That American mentality of picking yourself up, brushing your shoulders off, and then really going for it makes you 100 times stronger and smarter. "

" I don't wear flip-flops, so my casual shoe is a Brooks Brothers tuxedo slipper! "

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

" I'm a pretty controlled and disciplined person, but my real vice is buying plants and food shopping. "

" Some of the best kitchen discoveries come about through total kitchen disasters. "

" The way I cut my clothing... it is about empowerment and loving the curves of the body. "

" I love creative people. "

Creative People

" When I was little, I had a Norwegian babysitter - and that was my introduction to both regular and salty licorice. We all know the ordinary version, but the salty kind is a favorite candy throughout Northern Europe. It's a guilty pleasure of mine that I have to try not to keep around because I'll eat the entire bag in one go. "

" One of my fantasies is to produce 'Auntie Mame' as a play. "

" Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture. "

" I try to push design boundaries using new draping and fabric manipulation techniques every time I approach a new design. "

" When I first got to Brooks Brothers, my mom told me she remembered how upsetting it was trying to find professional clothes in the eighties. Suits would either be over-stylized or frumpy, so she said, 'Make sure it's tailored properly.' "

" Obviously, I like very beautiful food, because I think as delicious as food has to taste, it also has to look very beautiful - the process of presentation is very important. "

" If you're entering into fashion in an original way, you have to know your craft, and you have to know your history. You have to be obsessively dedicated. You have to be relentless about making it happen. It doesn't take a bank. It takes passion, love, timing, and luck. "

" Since the beginning of my career, I have publicly dressed and represented women of all sizes, of all colors. And that's a big part of who I am and what I want to give to the world. "

" A great trick for frying is to put a popcorn kernel in the oil, and when it pops, you're ready to fry. "

" 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. "

" One of my goals and dreams is to work in film in the future. "

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

" I eat everything, but I moderate; I try to be semiconscious. I don't eat pasta every day, although people who follow my Instagram think I do. "