Beauty is my heritage, but home decor is very much my passion.
AERIN LAUDERWhen 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.
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I worked at Prescriptives. My uncle [Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder Companies] smartly had wanted me to go into a small brand – to figure out what part of the company I loved.
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My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me.
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I love laugh lines. It means you’ve had a good life.
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I’m natural, but I wear makeup seven days a week.
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And balancing motherhood and career makes you both a better mother and a better businesswoman.
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The effect of scent is really interesting. It can create a mood and change a feeling immediately. I wanted to create a modern wardrobe of fragrances … fragrances that can be very personal to the woman who’s wearing them.
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I think talented people are priceless. And I think people that are knowledgeable and experienced – and I think there’s a balance of new talent and experience, which makes, I think, Estee Lauder really special.
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I’ve always been inspired by beautiful interiors.
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Mom used to frame everything we made, and now I’m following her example. It makes children so proud to see their work on display instead of hidden away.
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So the idea of being able to shop cross-category to buy the beach bag, the summer lip gloss, and the pillows for your pool house makes it into very focused, easy life.
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AERIN is saturated with the qualities that have surrounded me my entire life, many of which came from my grandmother, Estee: passion, style, hard work, family, and, of course, all things beautiful.
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When children are little, they really need you in one way. When they’re bigger, they need you as a friend.
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I figure if I take my children’s work seriously, maybe they will too. And it reinforces the idea that art is not something alien and esoteric. Anyone can make art.
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Even if I wear jeans, I still wear a blazer and jewelry. I think there is something nice about coming to work and dressing nicely.
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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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