My mom instilled in me at a young age how important it is to be properly dressed when you leave the house, no matter the time of day. Even if it's 4:30 A.M. and you're heading to the airport, you want to look and feel your best. Olivia Palermo More Quotes by Olivia Palermo More Quotes From Olivia Palermo I think life is about falling in love with the right person, shopping, eating our favorite desserts and traveling a lot. Olivia Palermo shopping falling-in-love thinking I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself. Olivia Palermo bed focus hard-work I really get inspired by stylish girls around the world that I see on the street. Colors, patterns, throughout my travels, whatever catches my eye. Olivia Palermo color girl eye Fashion has always been in my life, thanks to my mother and my aunt growing up. I think as I became an adult, my style evolved, and my love of fashion evolved even more. Olivia Palermo growing-up fashion mother I think being organized should be in your lifestyle. I run a few different businesses, so I have to be organized. And I think everyone around me will also feel organized. To have chaos going on, it just doesn't work. Olivia Palermo different running thinking I love to mix colors. For me, I don't have a rule, like "you can't wear silver and gold." You can mix it. Olivia Palermo silver color gold It's really on the streets, if I'm in a car, or I'm walking by, and I see a girl. And you can see it, on her face, you can see it in her step and the way that she moves and flows, and you're like: "You go girl." And it's fun, and sometimes you just have to go up and be like, "You look fantastic!" Olivia Palermo girl fun moving I get my inspiration from young stylish girls I see all over my travels. Olivia Palermo girl inspiration young It's always great to have two inspirations, one that has more of an editorial purpose and one for more of an everyday, wearable approach. Olivia Palermo everyday inspiration two We all enjoy being comfy, but my comfy - you know, I love a nice, cozy cashmere sweater and spandex, sure. Olivia Palermo cozy sweaters nice I always have a vision when I go in, I always know what I want to do. Olivia Palermo vision knows want A lot of the time, if I have samples, I can't tailor a sample. Or, I might have just bought something and I don't have time to go to the tailor, there are ways to take thin, skinny belts and layer them, and do quick little fixes. Olivia Palermo skinny littles way I don't look at paparazzi photos. And most of my friends don't want to be photographed, so they walk four feet to the side. If you see a photo of me laughing, that's why - because my friends don't want to walk with me. Olivia Palermo photo-of-me feet laughing I’m a much nicer person, much more laid-back and relaxed, not serious like they show me. Olivia Palermo show-me laid-back serious I always like to play with a lot of color. Color is great. Olivia Palermo color play I love the mid-length skirt. That's really appropriate, you can wear that in many different day occasions. Olivia Palermo length skirts different I may be a young girl, but behind every young girl is a powerful father. Olivia Palermo girl powerful father I kind of took inspiration from my time in Paris. That was kind of the real time when I discovered European fashion. It's stuck with me since University. Olivia Palermo fashion inspiration real I definitely take inspiration from runway trends but also throughout my travels, I see editorials all over in all of the different publications. Olivia Palermo trends different inspiration I always have an idea in the back of my head, but that goes with anything else that I'm doing. There is a sort of vision behind it. Olivia Palermo behinds vision ideas