Bio: Nancy Sedar Sherman is a Denver native. Although she's lived in other exciting places, such as Sydney, Australia, New York and San Francisco, she always come back to Denver for the lifestyle, the mountains and family and friends.

Fashion has always been her means of creative expression. She started sewing in high school, moving on to pattern making and draping in college at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She's made baby bibs, kids suspenders, painted sweatshirts, elaborate evening wear and everything in between. She has had her own business for the past twelve years, digitizing for other embroiders and specializing in high-end embroidery used in clothing and Judaica.

Her husband is a jewelry artist and sculptor, and she has fourteen-year-old twin boys who are students at Denver School of the Arts.

Denver celebrity you'd most like to design for? Angie Auston on Channel 2 weather. I like her sense of humor.

What inspires you? (No fair saying everything; be specific.) Beautiful fabric, plants, architecture

Favorite Denver eatery? Panzanos

Favorite local boutique? 5 green boxes

Favorite fabric? Anything with texture

Favorite way to finish seams? Zigzag

Solids

Dogs or cats? Cats

Kate Moss or Linda Evangelista? Linda Evangelista

Favorite guilty pleasure? Chocolate

Last book you read? "Murder on the Leviathan"

Red chili or green chile? Green

New York or L.A.? NY

Chloe Dao or Jeffrey Sebelia? Chloe Dao

Loose or tailored? Loose

Jacqueline Kennedy or Jackie Brown? Jacqueline Kennedy

Town with a garden

Silk charmeuse or silk shantung? Shantung

Couture or ready-to-wear? Couture

Curvy or androgynous? Curvy

Paris Hilton or Lindsey Lohan? Lindsey Lohan

Michael Kors or Zac Posen? Michael Kors

Jeans or slacks? Slacks

Bill Ritter or John Hickenlooper? Hickenlooper

Escalade or Prius? Prius

Vogue or W? W

Favorite current couture designer? Alexander McQueen

Favorite past couture designer? YSL

Sleek or volume? Sleek

Form or function? Form

Favorite place to travel for inspiration? Bali

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Favorite place to travel for fabric? Bali

Polkadots or camouflage? Polkadots

Pretty or edgy? Pretty

Heidi Klum or Tim Gunn? Tim Gunn