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HK: Your personal style has always resonated with people. Certainly, the Who What Wear audience has been very devoted over the years—but the world at large as well. Why do you think
RB: Gosh, no pressure. I think I really like to be comfortable. I'm gonna put that out there. That comes first for me always. So I feel like when I put something together, even if it looks like something you wouldn't normally think of, it's always going to be accessible because it's always comfortable. So maybe it's accessible? This is just me spitballing here, but I love clothes, and I love to be comfortable, and I like doing things that are a little unexpected at times.
HK: Do you feel pressure because you are established as someone whose personal style people are very interested in? Have you felt, historically or currently, pressure of like, "Oh, if I'm going to be outside, I have to look a certain way, or something is expected of me, or I need to be a little put-together"?
RB: I will say, especially now, you get to a point where you're just like, "I don't care." I have always been that way. There was probably a point in time when I was younger, maybe there were more paparazzi moments and before Instagram, you might be like, "Oh, I'm gonna go out in this?" But even that didn't sway me. I thought, "Whatever, this is you," and I've always really stayed true to that. You don't have to put anything on or be a certain way. It is what it is. And I think that's a more healthy mentality, at least for me. I look at people that are always so put-together, and I'm just like, how? How do you do that? And especially now, as a mom, forget it. I mean, you're lucky to get out the door with underwear on.