Believe in yourself, listen to your gut, and do what you love.
Dylan Lauren
I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.
Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could have lasted forever.
My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They told me to make sure that you are happy.
My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love 'When Harry Met Sally.'
Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.
I collect candy packaging from around the world and believe it has the value of Pop Art.
My passion is really candy, but I know that I can use art and fashion as inspiration.
I'm not so much a shoe or bag person as jewelry, and I think it's because jewelry is like candy.
Being in meetings - that feels like work. But finding candy, being in the store - that's fun, and it drives me.
I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.
Summer is very precious.
I like having a lot of sunlight because it helps me wake up. And I don't get depressed in winter.
One day, I'm designing a candy product; the next day, I'm going to a candy factory. The day after that, I might be traveling to Los Angeles to look at a possible location for another store.
If you're running a race, and you're looking at the lane to your right or your left, you're gonna trip instead of... focusing forward.
I am so proud of the growth of Dylan's Candy Bar into two more flagship stores: Union Square in New York City and Chicago on Michigan Avenue, and two airport stores: JFK and Detroit.
While I'm in L.A. I always make time for my favorite activity which is hiking. The trails in California are amazing, as they are always challenging, and I never get bored from all the beautiful scenery.
People will say candy is recession-proof, and we're definitely seeing nostalgic candies coming about, and people want that sugar rush and that nostalgic happiness, like their childhood times.
The people at Dylan's Candy Bar, they have to have an inner child and a sense of fun... and love the colors and the textures.
When I think of flavours, I think colour, so lemon should be yellow and orange is orange.
I received most of my business education around the dinner table. Whether I listened to my father or brothers, or we had business people as dinner guests, I learned from everyone.
I love all the gift guides that the magazines put out, whether it's 'InStyle' doing Mother's Day gifts or color guides, or the 'O' magazine Christmas guide.
If these rich women from 5th Avenue spend a fortune on cashmere sweaters, they will come to my store to buy gummy bears.
I have a vanilla chai latte every morning, which I usually follow with an oatmeal raisin cookie and eggs for breakfast.
I always saw candy as art.
I am very athletic and like to play tennis, run, hike, and work out with my trainer. I also enjoy traveling, and given that it's a part of my job, I get to do it a lot.
Whenever I meet with nutritionists, we discuss the idea of having everything in moderation and that people should eat protein or fiber when they eat sugar.
It's inspiring to watch people love my dad and want to work with him. I feel that same investment in making sure people are happy.
Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired.
If people try to cut sugar out completely, they often splurge later. That isn't a good idea.
Some people like telling people what to do. I don't like telling people what to do.
I love accessorizing with jewelry.
My friends call me Clark Kent: I'm known to change in phone booths.
My favorite place in the world is my dad's house in Montauk.
I'm a stuffed rabbit collector.
There are a few entrepreneurs whom I look up to. My dad, Ralph Lauren, has definitely evolved into a lifestyle brand of clothing and home furnishings.
I can definitely eat more of some candy than I should, so I have found that if I have coffee or a chai latte, it curbs the sugar craving.
My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.
I always loved the retail entertainment sector, like FAO Schwartz, where it's a little more exciting than just going into a little corner deli candy place.
Anytime you can promote young artists and designers is a cool thing.
When I'm running, I like to listen to dance music and hip-hop.
I don't like sitting still at a desk and often conduct business on my Blackberry or in walking meetings.
The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.
If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Otherwise, the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson were so much a part of my childhood, and Janet and I have become friends. So my second dream job would be backup singer for Janet Jackson!
I love Janet Jackson and her creative set design.
Before I got married, I never really watched TV. Now, my husband and I watch 'The Bachelor' together. I love 'The Soup' - that's where I get a lot of my pop culture - and 'Chelsea Lately.'
I definitely eat candy in bed. I eat candy wherever I am.
I find being a manager really challenging. For instance, I don't enjoy some of the administrative tasks that go along with hiring and firing.
So much of what we decide to carry in our stores is based on what we hear through the Dylan's Candy Bar Facebook Page and Twitter feeds.
When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop culture, fashion, art and music with candy. Since then, we have been fortunate to pioneer artistic partnerships with many legends.
