Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

I don't really know how to do casual clothes.

My customers are successful workingwomen.

Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.