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" I want to be a major force. "

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Fashion Designer

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool. "

" There's nothing wrong with being pretty. "

" 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 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. "

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" I personally love grilling, but it's a 15- to 20-minute commitment in entertaining. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "