When I took the job as Estée Lauder’s creative director, the first thing I did was go into the archives! I love taking our heritage and making it modern.
AERIN LAUDERI’ve always loved the beauty world. Ever since I was a child, I looked at magazines and wore fragrances and tried out samples and sets. I worked at Clinique in the creative department for a summer during high school. And when I graduated from university,
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I always loved beauty and accessories, and it’s always something I was passionate about.
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I have a lot of passion. I have a lot of pride. I think I do get that from my family. But you can be driven and be nice.
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I come from an environment where the men actually say, “Is it OK if I take off my jacket?” in a meeting. Everyone wears suits; it is a very dressed-up world.
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When you ask women what’s the one thing they wish they had more of, they always say time.
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There’s something really interesting about that as a trend, that whole idea of lifestyle and being happy in your surroundings.
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Beauty is my heritage, but home decor is very much my passion.
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In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics – Im not a snob like that.
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People always ask what I would have done if I weren’t doing what I’m doing. And I say I’d [still] be in fashion or in beauty. It’s such a dream come true now because I have the ability to go into home [goods] and accessories as well.
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I love Pilates, I really do, and I do it three times a week because it works well for me.
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When I was creative director [at Estée Lauder], I was always being asked about my beauty must-haves. From there I had this fun idea to create a line of what was in my makeup bag. But I also love accessories, and people associate me with home, family, and beauty.
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Beauty is my heritage and my core. But my passion is design for the spaces where we live and work.
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As a girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse; if I could still play with it now, I would! I used to love a well-arranged room: the furniture, the fabric, the lighting.
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I’m natural, but I wear makeup seven days a week.
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Luxury is anything that feels special. I mean, it can be a moment.
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And balancing motherhood and career makes you both a better mother and a better businesswoman.
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