Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.

The funny thing is that I'm the girl who no one sees at the beach. Ask anyone who's traveled with me. Normally, I'm in so many layers, I look like Lawrence of Arabia!

As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.