Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss Quotes

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

Profession : Designer

Birth : May 29, 1975

To presume that my greatest achievement is that I dated someone famous twenty years ago is completely sexist and anti-woman. It's lazy, nasty journalism that makes me sad about our world.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

The worst thing you can do is find your flaw and continually highlight it.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

When I graduated from UCLA, I actually started interviewing for banking jobs. But at some point I realized a career in banking felt more like a continuation of school than a passion.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

The girl in the room, no matter her shape or size, that is laughing, having fun and enjoying life is the one you want to be around.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

I wear a comfy low wedge sandal to run around the city.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

If you pay attention to everything and everyone, you can keep your finger on the pulse and know what's going on. Then you can pull back when you need to or go forward in a certain way.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

You have to find what you love about yourself, focus on it and show that to people as much as you can.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

Get your body as ready as you can when you are looking for swimsuits to feel good about yourself because it's so awful looking and shopping for bathing suits.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

Growing up, I had trouble finding clothes because I was curvy, and so I would end up designing my own things.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

When I first saw my line in stores, that's when it really hit me that there was a consumer on the other end of it all, and they were going to have to spend their own money on it. So there was that initial panic. I remember thinking, what if nobody buys it?

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

My life is about the line, my daughter and my husband.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

For swimsuits, a halter top with thick straps works wonders. It supports bigger busts, and the ruching gives fullness if you're smaller.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

In Manhattan, my go-to bag is a black L.L.Bean tote it never looks dirty!

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

Honestly, in the beginning what I imagined was driving around the country with my samples and showing them to the stores that I thought I should be in. Road tripping that is really what I wanted to do. Then I was like, 'Damn it. I have to work every day.' I don't like this, but I got used to it.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

I used to say that stores were like museums. I appreciated it, I could look at it, but it really wasn't for me and I couldn't have it.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

If I were a man who had accomplished what I have, I don't think anyone would ever bring up my past relationships, no matter how famous the people were.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

I work very hard; I have every day since I started my business, even when I was on bed rest during pregnancies, even when I was dealing with a cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

Most important, I am the mother of three delicious angels, and if for no one else, I will not let them watch anyone try to take me down or take away from what I have achieved.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

My whole life, starting as a young teen, I was a hard fit for clothes.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss

I was incredibly voluptuous, and it was frustrating as a young woman to not find things that fit well and made me feel celebratory of my body.

Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss