I am extremely involved in the design process of both my brands, Winter Kate and House of Harlow 1960.Collection: Design
When my dad divorced my mom it was kind of like him leaving me also.Collection: Mom
I will be really happy once I have done my jail time. I can start fresh.Collection: Moving
When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.Collection: Design
I went to the University of Arizona. I stopped because I went there for two years and I felt like I experienced college or whatever. I'm over it. I like Hollywood better.
It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that.
This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.
The Winter Kate-House of Harlow 1960 customer is a multi-tasker, therefore it's important that they are able to put together an outfit with ease and elegance. Pieces that are easy to mix within their own wardrobe. Easy dressing while maintaining a well put together look.
I know that it's a big struggle with a lot of women to dress up - especially now women have been working - because it can be uncomfortable. So it was important to me with my role to make clothes that are slightly more dressed up but easy to wear.
I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.
I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.
Clothing was something I always wanted to do. I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl.
An eating disorder is serious and it's a disease, and I don't think you can lightly say that someone has a disease unless they're openly telling you that they do.
I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.
'Fashion Star' has been an incredible platform to show America the amount of work and discussion that goes into each garment you see in a store.
I believe that fashion is the ultimate form if self expression therefore it really depends on my mood.
I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so many talented designers.
Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.
I would say my biggest mentor has been my father because he always has been. Actually both of my parents have always been ones to encourage me to be myself and stay true to myself and not fall into what other people want me to do.
I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.'
I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister and I was just like, you know what, this is definitely the time to just get it together and so that's what I did.
I mean I constantly had security guards around me when I was younger and I wasn't allowed to go to the mall with a lot of my friends and stuff like that. And so, when I finally was able to sneak out, I would just really, really take it to the next level.
I feel great, very healthy and alive and really happy that I can remember yesterday and I can remember the day before.
My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting.
Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get down with a bit of hip hop.
As for style, there is something about the way musicians dress-they seem to be able to create their own world within their fashion alone.
I am naturally a thin person and I am 5'1" and putting on five or 10 pounds, that looks like a lot on me.