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" I started cooking out of middle school depression. "

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" 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 garden in my Brooks Brothers pajamas and straw hat. "

" You can't market or commercialize feminism as an entity. One has to be careful. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing. "

" I am totally unattached to material items. "

" I am a Florenz Ziegfeld fanatic. "

" 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. "

" There's a reason good fabrics have a cost. They're done with good quality to last. "

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

" There are issues that are being questioned that are fundamentally upsetting to me, deeply: immigration, funding for the arts, Planned Parenthood, and women's rights. These are just issues that are very close to my heart, and I use my own private voice and funds to fight for them and in support of them. "

" 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 think, mind over body, it's real. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round. "

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

Fashion Designer

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

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

" People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable. "

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

" 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. "

" I went through the workroom at Central Saint Martins in London, which is the most competitive workroom of a design school in the world. Very high creativity, very conceptual, very international, age-diverse and cutthroat - people who have master degrees reapplying into a foundation there is just wild to me to launch their careers. "

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

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

" The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes. "

" I'm a SoHo born-and-raised kid. So my parents dragged me to lots of museums, and for birthdays and any kind of celebration, we'd go to the theater. "

" I want to be a major force. "

" 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. "

" There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there. "