What do you do when you're not blogging? What is your job?

Yola: I am a kitchen and bath designer, working closely with my clients using current trends to create new environments in their homes.

How would you describe your personal style?

Yola: Always evolving.. now I would say I am leaning more towards effortlessly chic pieces, but I certainly love little interesting details in my outfits.

What label(s)/store(s) do you favor?

Yola: I am in love with the prints and patterns of Dries Van Noten and Proenza Schouler, and absolutely adore the timeless factor in YSL. While in California last year I discovered Juan Carlos Obando and have been mesmerized by his work ever since.

What are the most prominent colors in your wardrobe?

Yola: Blacks and sequins (I know sequin is not a color but I have been living in it this season)

What inspires you?

Yola: Anything from art, to fashion, to architecture. Architecture is inspiring because it can be beautiful for hundreds for years, fashion is alive and is constantly changing.

4 things you can't live without:

Yola: My camera, the beach, foundation, it's like photoshop for real life, and a good book, my two favorites are "Night" by Elie Wiesel and "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki.

Do you have any comfort foods and what memories do you have associated with them?

Yola: Love mom's lasagna, nothing like it in the world. I remember growing up my brother and I would always help bring her the ingredients.

What bad habits drive you crazy?

Yola: Being interrupted in the middle of a sentence.

What was the last good movie you saw?

Yola: Iron Lady

People would be surprised to know that I...

Yola: plan on going to Africa to help the children in the next few years.

On my days off, you'll find me...

Yola: brunching and shopping in the city or spending my weekends in the Vineyard browsing through the amazing galleries. I love art and have been collecting it for quite some time. My father got me into bringing a piece back from every trip I go on.

What's the oldest thing you're wearing today? Is there a story behind it?

Yola: A red stripped shirt handed down by aunt. When I was 5 or 6 I used to put on her clothes on and pretend that her living room was a runway and I would start walking, outfit after outfit. To my surprise she had hung on to the shirt and gave it as a gift to me three years ago during my trip to Italy.