and we are getting ready for my first February

fashion show, I always do September,

but I've never done February.

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It's 6am, we're really tired,

but we're here, our show is at nine,

in the next few hours we have walkthrough

for the models, for rehearsal,

and we're here for New York Fashion Week,

in New York, and it doesn't get better than that,

so I'm really excited for, see what happens.

So, my glam team here is Rene, we've known

each other for five years.

- Five years.

- He makes me look very special,

and my hair is Miss Elethia, we've known

each other for two sessions,

but I loved working with her.

And in the chair, you'll be surprised to see

my bestie, Caroline, she's making her fashion

debut on the runway.

We had an extra dress, and she looked so good in it,

and I was like, and you're closing the show.

- I've had 12 hours to prepare myself

to walk,

no pressure.

- So right now we're just getting hair and

makeup ready, then we have rehearsals,

we need to make sure the models are set,

and know where to walk.

I don't even know how this show is gonna go,

this show was originally having no music,

and I had to add music, Selena Gomez obviously.

So I love this song called "Rain",

I love just the models walking out to that,

and then we'll go into my favorite song

which is "Lose You To Love Me."

All my models have a really light, natural makeup.

It's morning, it's early, I really wanted to

do something totally different, so this show

is not your normal fashion show, it's really intimate.

Honestly it always fills me with 50 people*,

but that proved to be impossible,

'cause so many people wanted to come to the show,

and we wanted to have, you know,

some great editors here,

and some really good press, so we got it down

to 80 people, our last show was 400 people,

so it's a completely different format than normal.

So, I'm actually gonna do a fireside chat,

so it's like a Q & A, you know some of my favorite

designer that would love to just hear them talk

about the collection, I thought it would be

really cool if someone wanted to get

into my mind as a designer,

Anna Wintour, she was my first choice obviously,

I thought there's no way I can do this without her.

I texted her, 'cause I was in Australia,

and Anna is a very professional texter,

the second you email Anna

or text Anna, she replies.

I remember saying no pressure,

I hate putting pressure on people,

except for Caroline, 'cause she's basically

my little sister [laughs], so she has to do things.

But Anna, Anna went to her [laughs].

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I always wanted to be in fashion.

My mom used to make our outfits

when we would play tennis. She used to sew them

and I used to see all these patterns

like, you know, we would lay it on the floor

and she would cut it out

and she taught me early on how to sew

and how to make things. So, this kinda

always been something that, inevitably,

I was gonna be in and I didn't even realize it.

Then, eventually I went to school for it

and I fell in love with it when I was in school.

I always joke, in between winning Wimplingtons

and US opens I was in fashion school

and it's literally true.

Fashion school is hard, it is hard.

Every day someone would have a meltdown.

I remember Venus was there, she had a meltdown

and I remember thinking, "That's so crazy.",

and directly the next day I had a meltdown.

It was hard I mean, between pattern making

and then just starting and learning how to work

those industrial sewing machines,

that alone would make you cry.

I actually started out making lots of dresses,

which every fashion student does.

It's all about dresses, wedding dresses,

evening gowns, and then you get into reality.

And, you're like okay, that's not sustainable

that's impossible so, ready to wear.

I've made a few things that I've actually

worn on red carpets, some hits

and a lot of misses. [laughs]

And a lot a lot of misses, but I was really young

and it was a good experience and it got me down

this path of just a different line.

And, not only a fashion line,

but a complete brand. It took me over

15 years to get here, so.

We have a jewelry collection, it's fine jewelry

with ethical diamonds which is super important

to me.

For now, I think I'm gonna wear these

earrings, maybe. And then, I'll

just choose some bracelets.

This line is more of a presentation.

So, we're doing a really small capsule here.

We wanted to make a bold statement

with sustainability so we have a capsule

of vegan leather. It's beautiful,

it's really amazing.

I am currently obsessed with prints

and animal prints, but I wanted a new way to

present an animal print.

It's interesting 'cause my husband,

he's one of the investors in a company

that is able to tell you the latest trends.

When I'm on to something I ask him

is that something that's gonna be a trend,

so giraffe is in and I love it,

I'm obsessed with it.

Olympia decided to sleep in,

she's not here today, this is too early for her.

Quai Quai is Olympia's doll, which somehow

got famous and I'm trying to figure out how.

She gets a ton of engagement,

she gets a ton of likes, she's verified

real quickly, she has 12,000 likes.

Can you imagine?

Yeah, it started for fun,

I just posted some things about her

and next thing I know it's like a thing

and I'm like, I was just joking.

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We're gonna finish glam here and I'm gonna go

to rehearsals.

Let's do this, you ready?

- [Caroline] Yeah, lets do it!

- Okay.

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Our mission is, we want women to feel celebrated

and appreciated.

It doesn't matter what you look like,

and where you come from or what size you are.

Sometimes you might have a bad day,

but you put on our clothes

and you just wanna feel confident,

you know we wanna bring confidence to that woman.

When we're designing, we're designing things

like, "Will this make someone fell confident?".

Those are literally things

that go through my mind. From the color package

to the designs.

- So, you know it was great to talk to you.

- Thank you so much!

- Looking forward to seeing the collection.

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