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Describe the women you design
for.
I wasn’t nineteen anymore, so I think what
was fun was I was making clothes for a girl
that will fit my life. I was designing for me. I
was designing for a creative person who had
a career and had to deal with family and kids
and stuff. I was trying to make clothes that
were kind of day to evening. You know like
wore the under parts you change the jacket
made dress up to go out. They were fluid. We
did a lot of flowing things. We did a lot of separates, things that you could layer on by how
you change your jewelry.
What age group do you design for?
I think I design more for a kind of person because we seem to appeal to people who are a
little bit quirky. Who really love clothes and
are not afraid to make a statement but so
they are all of the mainstream kind of straight
designers in terms of serious fashion and
then there is kind of fast fashion. So I think is
people who really are collecting clothes. They
want things that are fresh but they also want
to think it will be it their closet in five years
and they might not be wearing it every day.
Do you think your clothes are timeless?
I think some of the things are. I mean, I think
we venture into a kind of trendy stuff….I
would like to think the tops and jackets.
Who were your inspirations in the
fashion industry?
Well, I think there are so many wonderful
people out there. I don’t know. That is really
hard. I guess when you look at Oscar De La
Renta, Bill Blass, and Geoffrey Beene. I think
Oscar and Geoffrey they were really class
acts. I think they dress a certain kind of
woman and they also dress a lot of stars but I
think they were just class acts.
Will you design for men?
I have done numerous things for men. I have
done crazy tail suits with kimono edges. I
have opera coats and linen suits.
Do you design for the plus size
women?
Yes we cut to about 3x. (I had to smile because I believe all women should embrace
their curves.)