How Olivia Palermo Is Taking Over the Fashion World

On where she gets her impeccable aesthetic: "My mother and grandmother are very pulled together. They never leave the house without being completely, 100% presentable and that was instilled in me at a very young age."

On her signature styling tricks: "As you get dressed, take a look to see if anything needs to be done. I tend to go with the detailing. I have endless skinny belts. There is always a place for a big belt, but sometimes when you're layering pieces you need to hide the belt and a skinny one does just that. Take a razor blade to a sweater if it's bobbling — it takes the balls off. Double-sided tape is also one of my favorites. Oh, and if you want to roll your sleeves up and they won't stay, push them up with very thin hair elastics."

On her Aquazzura collaboration: "I've known Edgardo [Osorio, the brand's designer and founder] since his first collection and he's become a great friend of mine. I only want to team up and design with people who I have a solid relationship with. There is a very small handful of shoe designers of whom you can say [the shoes] are aesthetically phenomenal and fit like a glove; Manolo [Blahnik] is one of them, and Edgardo. With this, we wanted to create the shoes every woman wants in her wardrobe. Edgardo and I both like a little toe cleavage, and [the heels] had to be high. The heel is actually the highest he's ever done, so it was a bit of an experiment, but I think it came out very well, they're still walkable. You don't want to waddle in the street."

On her next chapter: "I would love to start my own [fashion] house but it's not the right time. I feel like I can do it in stages and when the timing is right to do it, then I will."