How many
coats do you own?
At least 15 or 20. I steal a sample of every coat I have made. It’s going to be a great winter, I'm not going
to lie.
What’s your
favorite coat at the moment?
My black puffer that’s shearling-lined and it’s named
after my friend’s baby, Lauren.
What’s your Fashion
Week survival strategy?
Just coffee and sleep. For me, it’s work, but it’s not
that serious, we are making clothes and things happen. It always works out in
the end. After two years of doing this, I realize that nothing is that serious.
It's more important to maintain good relationships with the people you work with rather than act out. Also, I don’t go out to a million parties during Fashion
Week. People who actually work in fashion really can’t do that because you're
busy and have too much work.
A designer should never…
Take credit for everything, because it’s such a lie. You
work with so many people and there are so many hours that went into it. Credit
should be given where credit is due.
What’s next for your brand?
I want the brand to grow. It’s
interesting because my taste from two years ago isn’t necessarily the same
today and it will probably be different again in a few years. I have to think
about what my friends are wearing and what I'm wearing. It is not about the
trends.
What do you
want to accomplish in fashion?
I started an Instagram series with women I find really
inspiring, like Sabrina from Dimes. The fact that she was able to start her own
thing with her partner and have it be so specific and special. I read this
interview where she didn’t even know how to do Quickbooks, she had to figure
out Instagram, and it made me feel like I'm wasn't the only one. We're just
women trying to make it all happen. It’s not just because I'm a woman or
whatever. We're business people trying to make it work.
Last question: Screw, kill, marry: Daria Werbowy, Sofia Copolla, and Margot Tenenbaum.
Oh my god! That’s so hard. I would
kill Margot because she would make my life miserable. I would definitely marry
Sofia because she's stable and down to be with me for life. And I would
definitely fuck Daria because have you seen her legs? Actually, that was so
easy.