"I like things not too funky, but not too ordinary, like you can wear it every day, but still it is something fabulous."

"I grew up in Georgia. We tend to be a little vain, and we do not mind maintenance routines."

Chelsea’s Starrett-Lehigh Building houses the offices of Martha Stewart, Hugo Boss, Nina Ricci, and Club Monaco, plus a passel of product-and graphic-design firms. No wonder the elevator crowd looks so good.

"I come from a sort of crafty family. We were always making things at home."

"I tend to do a schoolboy-orphan look, with maybe a touch of Hermès."

"He personally is a Ferrari fan, but wants to practice baseball when grown up."

"My friends and I will wear high heels and our regular boy clothes, and go down the street just doing runway."

"I think that one quirky piece on a background of basics is totally the way to go."

"Even if I don’t have anything else going on, I have my hair."

"The most important thing to me is being happy every single day, waking up in the morning excited."