Who do you admire in the business?
"I'm really lucky to be surrounded by quite a few really talented people, all of whom are really inspiring. One of my closest friends, Lynne, has a knitwear line called Cardigan NY, and she's been so helpful in teaching me how to run a business since day one. I refer to her as my Yoda — she's incredibly business-savvy, and just really, really talented. I also love Hattie Carnegie's story. I don't have a traditional jewelry background, which is something that I was a little self-conscious of when I first started out. The fact that a woman like Hattie who, in a time when women weren't running their own businesses, opened a little hat shop without ever learning how to sew, and eventually went on to rule the millinery world...that's something pretty incredible."