Meet the Designer: Kate Van Asten

WE ASKED EACH OF OUR DESIGNERS IN RESIDENCE TO TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THEMSELVES:

What is the name of your line? Wulfka.

Describe your line in three words. Minimal casual luxury.

I am inspired by… touching fabric. Everything should be screaming to be touched.

I first knew I wanted to be a designer when… I sewed all my own clothes in high school.

If I could have lunch with one person, alive or dead, it would be… Kurt Vonnegut.

The fashion designer I most adore is… Charles James' architecture. Audrey of Ovate's small business and textural fabrics.

If I could dress anyone in the world, it would be… Anna Wintour

My biggest fashion faux pas was… Wearing butter-yellow to a wedding where the bridesmaids wore butter-yellow.

My favorite piece of clothing is… my leather jacket.

Every well-dressed woman should have… Wulfka.

I can’t live without… leather gloves.

My happy place is… a beach picnic.

I am obsessed with… chunky knits.

My motto is…

every day is the best day ever.