"All the notoriety I have and publicity I have is because of the celebrities that I dress — the powerful women that I dress. For the longest time, the idea of feminism started with a woman not embracing her feminine side, but needing to look like a man. It's no longer that. That's why my hero is Gloria Steinem, who came to my show this season. She looks fabulous; she has incredible style . . . even when she was young and she used to go to galas to raise money for her foundation. She did it well.
"The dialogue needs to shift. Just because a woman looks pretty doesn't mean she's bleak or submissive or unsure of herself. From day one, I've been offering up to size 22. The first thing I did was for Oprah [Winfrey] on the cover of her magazine in 2009. I dress women of different shapes and sizes. We just dressed Elisabeth Moss for her Emmys win. I want to be able to celebrate women of different genres. A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a woman with a brain is insanely lethal. That's what I'm interested in."
