My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it's a letdown after the show is over. It's done. Something you've worked on for months is just over.
I barely finish one pre-collection before I must start on another. Sales start, but I am already elsewhere creatively. The men's show is being prepared, but we also need to think about accessories, perfumes and other items. In sum, I never stop.
I had the idea for the show like a year and a half, two years ago. And it was all about the things that I didn't like about TV. I was trying to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked.
If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a real dedication that, if you were in somebody else's scene, everyone worked their hardest to make that scene good.
I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.
I've seen a lot of shows, but I can't possibly cram in everything that I'd like to, and it's exhausting trying to.
You know, it takes a while to get used to - it's a whole group of people with all these ideas and after you sort of navigate your way through the first few episodes it becomes collaborative and creative.
My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.
I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.
Collections aren't really planned. I just keep writing short pieces until I have enough for a collection.