Zac Posen

As a designer, I always want to put out to a larger public. I truly believe that all bodies are beautiful, and that's what makes our world exciting.

I try to push design boundaries using new draping and fabric manipulation techniques every time I approach a new design.

I'm a SoHo born-and-raised kid. So my parents dragged me to lots of museums, and for birthdays and any kind of celebration, we'd go to the theater.

I have to bring my A-Game 24/7, between creating, draping, and overseeing a myriad of different brands.

I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.

The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.

At the end of the day, you're not defined, I don't believe, by your financial means. That doesn't make you a better person or a smarter person.

I was not a young fashion victim. I really had an idea of what I liked in fashion and how I dressed.

There's nothing wrong with being pretty.

I always end up in the kitchen at restaurants. At events or parties, too, I like to see where my food is prepared or made. I like the theater of it.

Chefs have the ego of an actor and fashion designer combined.

To be able to buy a plant and plant it, that's a luxury to me.