the best dress to have the season isn't on the catwalk, it's by a young genius in training, yada, yada, yadaas very hard. >> stephen: you've done red carpet designs for a lot of people. you've done michelle obama, opera. do you have to think of that person's personality or is it the occasion that leads you the most when you're creating a dress for someone. >> everything. i have to be a cultural receive dish, and say what's happening at that moment? what are their goals? it's always about an empowerment of a woman, intelligent woman, in touch with their femininity and from there we take it. if it's oprah and she's neckline and wants sparkle or ombrey, we work with that. >> stephen: what is ombrey? isn't that spanish for man? (laughter) >> no, ombrey is where you fade a color into another color. >> stephen: why wouldn't you call it a fade? >> it's an ombrey and it becomes a fad and not a fade. >> stephen: you're really good. you're really good at this. i'm not sure i can keep up. the other night at the met gala, i was so blown away with the dress you made for claire danes. >> thank you. >> ste