At the time it really was the social women, the society ladies. There were the cool girls, like Aerin Lauder - everyone… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
There weren't paparazzi standing outside. There weren't all these photographers. People really didn't know what fashion was and what was happening in the tents. — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
Calvin Klein and Donna Karan were the big American names at that point in time, Helmut [Lung] was the cool kid on the block… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
What we considered to be so much part of our everyday fashion vocabulary today, where we see all these designers restarting with these big… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
I really loved when Prada Sport came into fashion, which kind of created all the nylon which she had for quite some time. You… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
Tom Ford just started at Gucci and was getting great notoriety - like Madonna wearing that head-to-toe velvet suit at the MTV awards. I… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
Fashion Week was at Bryant Park and there were a few shows like Marc Jacobs, or when Alexander McQueen came to town, that were… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
I was pretty much a minimalist. I liked a lot of black at the time, which is very different from my wardrobe now, because… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
I had a very different vibe then, I was very into minimalism. I was kind of obsessed with Helmut Lang and [Martin] Margiela. — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
I feel like fashion was much more exclusive. There weren't as many parties. There weren't as many social gatherings. It wasn't required that designers… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
I went to Bergdorf Goodman as an assistant in the fashion office and that was really my first exposure into the world of retail.… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
At the time it really was the social women, the society ladies. There were the cool girls, like Aerin Lauder - everyone loved to… — Roopal Patel Copy Share Image
