Fashion Week is one of the busiest, most stressful and most exciting times of the year for me and my team. It's also the time that you see what's new and next coming down the runway. It's how stories are told and how the season should feel, and for me...

One of the things I love most about building my business is the opportunity to travel. The trips are often not as glamorous as they sound -- most of the time my team and I jet off for 24 or 48 hours max. It's always a race to finish the...

August is always the calm before the storm of fashion week. It's that last beautiful time of summer where you can slip away for a few days and get lost in an adventure or sleep your days away under the sun. It's in the waning days of August that I...

Calling all summer cocktail lovers! Or those of you that find yourself craving a crisp, refreshing beverage on sweltering summer days and nights. I have asked my secret weapon experts in home, food and restaurants to share their secret weapon ingredients of choice for summer cocktails. If you...

One of the best things about summer is the sense of freedom the sun brings. For me, summer weekends are for exploring and discovering! I always pack a journal, camera, and make a road trip mix filled with classics (think Steppenwolf) and new music (I love Fun!).

There's a list for everything -- best dressed, best places to eat, best doctors, best ways to ditch a guy, best beaches -- all helpful yes... BUT here's a list of what makes me happy. A good old fashioned list of things that make me smile. And laugh. Or both....

We receive a great deal of requests at the office to speak to large groups of people and it became a hot topic at a recent meeting with my team -- a debate, actually -- who jumps at the chance to command a large room and who would rather take...

Spring is one of my favorite times of year and with spring brings the MET Costume Ball. It's the biggest night in fashion -- it's fashion's equivalent of the Oscars. It's a place to catch up with people you haven't seen in awhile, to people watch, to be enthralled in...

NYC is my home and where I can best create my collections because of the location to the fashion industry, but travel is an essential part of who I am and how I create. I really do believe travel is beneficial, even critical, to growth, both personally and professionally. It...

Do you find yourself watching more and more videos these days -- on laptop, iPad or iPhone -- what about where you shop? My girls and I love snapping a QR code and viewing a video that speaks to the product or place we are in. It allows us to...

"... They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts... " -- Khalil Gibran

Being a working mother, a single mother of two, I'm often asked about how I do it all. Does anyone ever do it...

The time between January and February has become a race in the fashion industry... a constant motion of actions that are fueled by my focus to cross the finish line. Since my current collection has debuted at Spring Fashion Week, I can stop, rest, take a breath and reflect if...

When I started my business, oddly enough, the simple task of coming up with a name for my collection was one of the most difficult tasks. I was a working mother, designing both a life and a career, and needed a name that was equal parts interesting and powerful to...

One of the most rewarding things about my job is being introduced and exposed to so many different charitable organizations. I have the privilege of learning about and participating in their inspiring work. My dolly and love, Michael Carl, Vanity Fair's Fashion Market Director, asked me to be a co-chair...

Anyone who knows me well knows that I truly believe that charity equals clarity. Through giving back you gain clarity, peacefulness & happiness in your own life. I've always tried to live my life this way and it's a lesson that I'm teaching my daughters as they grow.

I launched my brand under a simple premise, working on what I truly loved. I never started out wanting to do anything other than create clothes for a modern woman - the woman I aspired to be. The woman that needs to balance work and family, professional and personal and...

I love getting dressed in the morning because I can be a chameleon. I rely on a few staples in my closet that can be mixed and matched and are super versatile. There's emotion when you get dressed for the day and I try to capture that in the clothing...

A number of years ago I was in Ghana working with OrphanAid Africa which helps families of children at risk of abandonment and gives them secure futures within their communities. It was a emotional trip for me, as most third world visits are for anyone with a heart. I brought...

I just recently came back from one of the most incredible and life changing trips. In late July, I traveled with Martha Stewart and Terry Lundgren, Chairman & CEO of Macy's, Inc. to meet with artisans in Haiti, which is still working to recover from the devastating January 2010 earthquake....