If my bags could talk they would say “stop playing favorites!” I tend to grab a bag and use it every day for months and months. Then it goes back into rotation only for me to rediscover it a year later. Bags, Various Designers

I get asked about my shoes often by celebrities I work with on events. They are always thinking about looks for the red carpet and events. Kate Upton and I were in Las Vegas recently when we both realized we had brought the same Valentino sequin nail head sling-backs. Kelly Osbourne and I were just gushing over how Dita Von Teese gets every pair of Louboutin’s off the line because she is such close friends with Christian. Shoes, Various Designers

I love the rainbow topped beige boots by Ashley Dearborn. She is the most incredible shoe designer I have ever known. Boots, Various Designers

My friend Kim Gieske is an interior designer and she came over and basically told me I needed a remodel. This room was schizophrenic. Imagine the island of lost toys! It housed my clothes, bags, a printer, extra hair products, and a ton o’ luggage. I told her I wanted to be able to see everything at a glance and to make use of every square inch, including building up to the 16-foot ceiling. That is when we brought in StorageMotion. They custom built the shoe carousel and the racks are all on hydraulic lifts. I have to admit it’s a bit “Overboard” (as in the movie and well the actual definition of that word I guess!).

I love anything really different like this metal CHANEL purse, its chainmail but it looks like a Hershey’s Kiss, and the clutch on the right that looks like a book from an old library. Bags, Various Designers

Bags, Various Designers

I grew up very middle-class, in a very high-class community. It makes you value every penny you earn and every penny you spend when you are one of the “have-nots”. I never thought I would own even one CHANEL bag! But when I opened Flying Television I made a deal with myself that if it lasted a year then I would buy myself one. I bought the classic Black Leather 255 with silver hardware. Well almost 14 years later you can see that my first baby has some siblings! With CHANEL clothes, bags, and accessories I look for classic or extremely unique. I want pieces I will wear now and when I am 80. Deep down I am still that middle class girl from Long Island, so if I am going to spend money on something I have to know it will last for decades. Bags, CHANEL

Ring, CHANEL

I’m a total mix of high and low. I’m not a label whore; I look for quality items when it comes to my staple pieces, then I go more low end with the really trendy stuff. Hair by Yianni Tsapatori for Balmain Hair; Makeup by Michelle Dittrich; Gown, Naeem Khan; Shoes, Brian Atwood; Diamond Earrings, David Bader

Hair by Yianni Tsapatori for Balmain hair; Makeup by Michelle Dittrich; Lace Blouse, Marc by Marc Jacobs; Rings, Jewelry by Rosalina; Diamond Earrings, David Bader

This is a Chanel suit from the 80’s that I found in a vintage store in Colorado. Skirt and Bra, CHANEL

Jewelry, Various Designers

Dress, CHANEL

I design the very snarky vintage clutch line Comes With Baggage so this is a style I love! Bags, Top to Bottom: CHANEL, Comes With Baggage, CHANEL, Alaïa; Shoes, Unknown Designer

There is one they would have to pry out of my cold dead hands: my orange Hermès Birkin, for very sentimental reasons. It was a gift from a very generous client, but that bright orange gave me pause, and it sat for two years in the box. One day my friend, Nicholas Forker, a very talented fine artist found the box and said why don’t you ever use this? I handed him a Black Sharpie and said, “you know what I like, use this bag as a canvas and go nuts.” He took it for a week and came back with what is now a totally unique, amazing, and one-of-a-kind work of art. Bag, Custom Hermès

Bags, Left to Right: CHANEL, CHANEL, CHANEL; Heels, Unknown Designer; Flats, CHANEL; Dresses, All Alexander McQueen

Lately I have been wearing 1932 by CHANEL, the perfume they gave to me at their Fine Jewelry 80th anniversary dinner last year. But when I travel I wear Child, which reminds me of being on vacation or at the beach. Shoes, Christian Louboutin

Shoes, Brian Atwood

Hair by Yianni Tsapatori for Balmain hair; Makeup by Michelle Dittrich; Lace Blouse, Marc by Marc Jacobs; Pants, rag & bone; Booties, Haider Ackermann; Rings, Jewelry by Rosalina; Diamond Earrings, David Bader

Recently I wore a floral Alexander McQueen Knuckle Clutch to the Metropolitan Ballet Gala honouring Valentino. I wore red Valentino of course, but I needed something colourful to pair it with. Clutches, Alexander McQueen

Both these bags came from really obscure online auctions. You never know where you are going to find the real gems, I always have my eyes open. Bags, Left to Right: CHANEL, CHANEL; Clog, CHANEL

Flask Bracelet, Cynthia Rowley; Collar, Louis Vuitton; Pill Bag, Christian Louboutin; Brooch, CHANEL; Pin, Bangle, CHANEL; Kirna Zabate X Kid Robot Bunny; Pillow, Jonathan Adler

The street artist Skullphone was having a gallery show here in NYC and he had made a Prada cross, which I loved. But as you know I’m a CHANEL girl. Later that year, we were both invited to the same dinner at Art Basel and I asked him if he had ever thought of making a CHANEL version. He said “I will make you a deal, I will make ONE, and only one, for you.” It took him six months because it is such a painstaking process. It had to be driven across country, and is painted with this resin that can’t be touched by the human hand. Dresses, Pucci

Hair by Yianni Tsapatori for Balmain hair; Makeup by Michelle Dittrich; Top, Alexander McQueen top; Shorts, Topshop; Tights, Wolford; Booties, Alaïa; Necklaces, CHANEL; Rosary, Father Panik Industries; Ring, Belle Noel; Diamond Earrings, David Bader

Someone asked me if it was vintage Cartier the other day. Bag, Urban Outfitters

My sister Helene Dolney was a painter and she taught me to value and love art. My passion is to discover new artists. Right now I have a special affinity for Angela Gage, Judith Supine, DICKCHICKEN!, Jonny Fenix, Danielle “Elle” Riechers, Phil Lumbang, and Curtis Kulig. Also, Nick Burt and Stanley Chow both make incredible portraits. Bag, CHANEL

Hair by Yianni Tsapatori for Balmain Hair; Makeup by Michelle Dittrich; Gown, Naeem Khan; Shoes, Brian Atwood; Diamond Earrings, David Bader

Shoes, Alaïa

Wear SPF every day –even in the winter! I only use product with 15 – 30 SPF and I am very careful about protecting my skin from the sun. I inherited very good skin so I keep it pretty simple day to day: Kiehl’s moisturizer with SPF 15, Sonya Dakar face wash, and I use the Clarisonic about once a month. Michael Marcus makes the best pressed powder I have ever used. It is the make-up equivalent of Photoshop!