Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
I always thought I should have been a better mother.
My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.
I really feel that we need to scale back and get to what is important on so many levels.
I think I was a nomad in another life.
Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.
My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.
Originally, back in 1992, DKNY started because I couldn't find a pair of jeans. I also wanted to dress my teenage daughter Gabby. So it was the perfect street wardrobe: jeans, anoraks, jumpsuits, boyfriend jackets, sweaters, skirts and dresses. Then DKNY grew into an entire lifestyle concept, including tailored clothes you wear to work.
I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.
