Garance Dore quotes:

I know it is never a good idea to not be comfortable.

I think I always keep coming back to certain pieces, the idea of essential, elegant, easy wardrobe.

I love breakfast, so I'd probably spend a long time on that. And breakfast food matters so I'd make sure it is the best food - great fruit and such.

In some ways, there's no typical day with all the shoots and travel and projects, but I do try and stop by my studio every day.

The touring makes you take a step back. It makes you realize how your lifestyle has changed.

My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation. She is such a role model to me.

I have always loved sneakers and sweaters, and I wear a lot of them. And a good t-shirt or a pair of jeans can make you feel so good.

I love great coats, and I pay a lot of attention to them and own a lot of them.

I think a great piece of outerwear can really make you stand out.

In general I try to spend the mornings connecting and keeping things organized, and then try and do more creative work in the afternoons.

Margaritas are my favorite. And my fiance makes them just perfect.

With the business growing, work has become a little more detached from my life. But in the start, before I had a separate studio and a team, everything happened in my house and it was hard to separate the two.

You spend all this time inside, alone, writing. And then it becomes about travel and new places and new people. And I do love talking to people about the book, but ideally, I like a little less disruptive lifestyle, I like it when things are more organized.