What’s your idea of a perfect evening in Miami Beach?

Who’s the most stylish person you know, and why?

Any advice for supplementing our closets for fall, especially as Miami is still

pretty steamy in September?

Which artist, past or present, currently inspires you?

You travel so frequently. What are some things you always do when it comes to

the plane, the hotel, packing or taking advantage of the city you’re visiting?

Your Fall collection featured luxe pieces that didn’t veer into extravagance. What advice

do you have for women seeking style while trying to be a bit more frugal?

She always wears a crisp white shirt, collar turned up, sleeves precisely folded back, when she appears on the runway to take a bow following the debut of one of her utterly refined collections. It’s merely a

modicum of proof that Carolina Herrera is herself a study in the chic sophistication that she has per-petually conveyed in the 28 years since she left her native Venezuela to launch her New York-based label. Designers often opt for the insouciance of jeans and a T-shirt, looking rumpled and relieved as they dash out for a post-show wave, but not

Herrera: For 20 minutes you marvel at the pol-ished luxe and clever seaming inherent in any of her pieces, and then she emerges from backstage, crisp and confident and flawless. South Florida fans get two chances to see Herrera walk the walk at the end of the month: She’ll host a cocktail party September 30 at her recently opened flagship boutique at Bal Harbour Shops, then will pre-view her Spring 2010 collection October 1 at an InterContinental luncheon to benefit the Jackson Memorial Foundation’s Guardian Angels. —Laurie Brookins

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