Rachel Roy

I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.

I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

I tell girls all the time that the men that have fallen in love with me, have all fallen during a man repeller stage... funny how life works out like that.

I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.

I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.

I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.