“You canbutlookyoufabulous, have to be comfortable. � and her son. She talks about this more once it's suggested that her style would translate very easily to men's garments. "I would love to design clothes for men," she says. "A couple of my pieces are loosely based on a man's jacket, and a guy actually tried one on and it looked great and I thought, 'My goodness, a man can wear that jacket!' I mean, with a couple of adjustments, I could make that for a man. And my husband, who's a bigger guy, I'd love for him to wear more fashionable garments, but again it's a size thing. Everything is made for a skinny man. And I look at certain designers, like Stella McCartney, who I admire, and Alexander McQueen of course, who really understand cut, fit, and quality and have carried that into women's lines, so I'd like to try to do the reverse. I'd love to design for men. I kind of design from life and what's most immediate, and not just for me, but now for my family." Kristin's present is much like her past, except now all of it seems to be happening at once instead of in incremental steps over a long period of time. Her work continues with Strange Fruit, she's in the process of opening a new manufacturing facility in Philadelphia, her involvement with her community is ongoing, primarily with the New Directions for Women program, and now she's raising a family of her own. Where does she find time for it all? "Sometimes I feel like I'm not doing
enough," she says, laughing, "because I've just been in mommy zone for so long. And I'm watching Sesame Street with my son and I cannot believe that people like Gordon and Maria, people who were there when I was a child, are still there. And they look good! It's amazing that I can watch these same people so many years later, but now I'm watching them with my son. So, again, it's everything coming full circle."