It gives me inspiration and strength and when people tell me, “You can’t do this,” which I hear probably once a month, I just go to those women for inspiration.
There’s this amazing book about Cleopatra, who was a brilliant leader. And the sub-category of that is definitely strong, kick-ass women, especially if they lived during a time when women didn’t have power. My favorite genre is biography and autobiography.
I just read an amazing book about Catherine the Great by Robert K. So much of my day is spent surrounded by people and I’m an extroverted introvert, so I definitely need that moment. I do lunch in the office because I can look through articles or read the paper, and I generally like to eat by myself. You only got one you might as well take good care of it. I’m a big believer in calorie counting watching what you put in your body. I usually do a salad or soup - sometimes from Chop’t, sometimes from Le Pain, and then there’s By Chloe. We’ve been using a lot of different materials now and I want to educate everybody on what unique feature these clothes are going to have.Īround one, I close my door, have my lunch, and enjoy the quiet. Last Tuesday, for example, we went through the spring/summer pre-collection - I presented the collection to internal people, explained what my concept was, and then we went through item by item and went over what makes everything so extraordinary. It will change your morning - it gives you an immunity boost and it makes you feel more energetic. It’s orange juice and ginger and cayenne pepper and green tea and turmeric. And when I’m in New York, after my coffee, I have something called a Hot C from Juicy Cube, which is a lifesaver in the mornings when I’ve had three or four hours of sleep. If I have time, I’ll sit down and slowly sip my cappuccino, but generally it’s in a to-go cup. I literally tell them “ burn-your-tongue-off hot,” because I like to sip it slowly through the morning. Generally I have my first coffee when I’m going towards work - scalding-hot cappuccino. I have a driver, which is great because I don’t have to worry about parking, which is impossible in the city. And we don’t make a shoe that I don’t first test and wander around in. I’m not just concerned about how beautiful a woman is going to look, I’m concerned about whether or not it’s comfortable to wear. I think that’s one of the big benefits of being a female creative director. I test everything we make it’s a part of the job I love. I’m trying to simplify women’s lives while still enabling them to feel beautiful, sexy, confident. I don’t think you have to suffer to be beautiful. I wear them 14 hours a day, so it’s got to be comfortable. We have all of our patent technology - I changed the arch of the shoe so that the pressure points are evenly distributed, and since we make our own molds I put a layer of gel inside the shoes.
JULIA HAART SHOES ZIP
You either zip the boots on or you slip your foot in the sandal and you’re off. I’m tiny - I’m vertically challenged, so I always wear giant, mega-high heels generally reaching the five- and six-inch range. On her shoe wardrobe and the virtues of comfort:
I am obsessed with sunscreen - I sunscreen myself all over, head to toe, every day. Makeup is like, a thing of mascara and either a BB cream or a tinted SPF. I design built-in bras in my clothes - no layers, no worrying about whether your bra is going to show, it’s part of your clothes. The clothes have to be sexy and beautiful, but they have to be comfortable. My whole thing with La Perla is comfort, comfort, comfort. It takes five minutes - I’m super fast I have no patience. I take my shower, do La Mer body lotion, and then get dressed. I’ll draw for 45 minutes and then I’ll take a break and do 15 minutes of stretching, or some yoga or exercise and then around nine o’clock I’ll get dressed and leave. Very often what I end up doing is drawing or working or reading in my pajamas first before going to the office. because if I’m in New York, it’s already 11 a.m. The La Perla Creative Director travels two to three weeks out of the month, receives five phone calls before 5 a.m., and designs between 2,000 and 4,000 pieces of lingerie a season.
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