The designer tells TV Guide that it was -- quote -- ?brilliant, spontaneous, and just a quintessential Dolly Parton moment.

The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.

Synergistically - I hate that word; it's so 90's - but each of these projects feeds one another. I don't know how the clothes can exist without the show, and I don't know how the show can exist without the clothes.

You try to overcome this day to day, primarily through communication. They have understood that as much as it hurts, there are things you must slightly turn away from.

[The loft space doubles as his design studio. During the taping two women could be seen in the background diligently sewing. But he has no plans to put up partitions. Rather, in this day and age, he sees the two enterprises - design and television - working as one.] Synergistically - I hate that word; it's so 90's - but each of these projects feeds one another, ... I don't know how the clothes can exist without the show, and I don't know how the show can exist without the clothes.