Aerin Lauder

Growing up in New York, I loved watching my grandmother Estee put on her make-up - I always admired her sense of style.

AERIN is saturated with the qualities that have surrounded me my entire life, many of which came from my grandmother, Estee: passion, style, hard work, family, and, of course, all things beautiful.

I like to entertain at home, to live beautifully but comfortably.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.

I have a lot of kids in my district who haven't been to the beach, much less Washington, D.C., and that's 20 miles away.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.