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" To be able to buy a plant and plant it, that's a luxury to me. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" Fashion has a dark side - it's not all runways and lipstick and fishtail gowns. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I love creative people. "

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" Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star. "

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

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I want to be a major force. "

" I started cooking out of middle school depression. "

" To me, the more dialogue amongst creative types, the better. It keeps people on their toes, and competition is healthy. "

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

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