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"Marchesa is everything to me. I’ve spent years and years building this brand."

"I’ve seen Georgina grow a lot in the nine years I’ve known her,” says Weinstein. “Each success makes her more and more confident about her place in the world. When I first met her, she idolized Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, but I think now she feels, as everybody talks to her in the world of fashion, that she’s coming into her own.”

"What I love about my husband is that he really allows me to be the best person I can. He's never, ever tried to stop me or keep me down. He's just so supportive. He's got this amazing ability where I always feel safe with him, and that allows you to go forth in life and do things that perhaps you wouldn't have had the courage to do before. He is also extremely business-savvy and an incredible sounding-board. Being older, he has a lot more experience than I do. He has this huge wealth of knowledge. He's like an encyclopedia, and he's got such an exciting mind, which I find very attractive."

"I approach designing for both Marchesa and Pearl with the same level of respect and the same intention: to help women look and feel beautiful. I pay close attention to detail to make sure that both collections embody my signature style and design sensibility."

"We borrowed other designers’ machinists at night. We could only start sewing after 
6:00 p.m., and we had to dye everything in the bathrooms in these public areas.” She pauses before flashing a mischievous smile. “We got it together. It was tiring, but it was fun.”