Meet the extraordinarily talented Karen Caldwell of Karen Caldwell Design. [15:10-20:12]

that was important. I thought that just made her feel good. And so tell us about some of the people that you, well no it's firstly I wanted to talk to you about how Napa Valley inspires your designs. When I moved here I was living in a city and we were lucky with a beautiful view of the bay. There was always color of the water blue and the sky and the trees. So there was always a little inspiration in San Francisco. But as I moved to Napa Valley and our views were vineyards I noticed that we actually have four seasons here in California. And you don't really see them sometimes. No, because we don't have snow or the extreme cold. And so I started seeing the oranges and raspberries. The vineyards would turn as they were going through their fall season losing their leaves. Everything the sky turned into a different color. And I would find colors in there that I would just want to go find a fabric that was that color. And it gave me an idea for color. And then summer would come or spring for example, mustard comes in. It's the most vibrant yellow. You know mustard yellow. And so I made a dress that was mustard yellow. I'm so beautiful with that. And I love old movies. Old movies to me. They always had a costume designer specifically for the actors and actresses in the film. And with that I know I always wanted to have an idea what the scene looked like and who the person was. And I create something that's one of a kind for them. The Napa Valley, I just have to say the beauty. The beauty and the lifestyle really helps me create things. And then how do you create for Hollywood? Like well, let's talk about how do you, who are some of the people that you dress for the red carpet? Let's stop with that. I've been very fortunate. I mean Jessica Chabstained who's not only nice but is absolutely beautiful. And she's got gorgeous gorgeous red hair and beautiful green hazel eyes. She's beautiful. And there's something about her and she's genuine. She's very nice. And so I knew first off I thought red, green. I got to a green dress for her. So I did that. And then the stylist reached out for other looks. And this was when she was doing the movie The Help. So through this stylist she thought whoa Violet Davis is in this film. I'd like you to dress Violet. So I did a beautiful one shoulder dress for Violet Davis. She's amazing. Beautiful figure by the way. But she's so beautiful and a nice person as well. And I did a red on her. There's many shades of red. We can't just say red because there's several shades. All three red, blue, red. Exactly. I did a poppy red on her and it was just exquisite. She looked beautiful. Gosh, other people I've dressed. Kristen Davis, Sex and the City are beautiful Charlotte York. Who is a, you know, Charlotte on Sex and the City. She'll have dressed her a couple of times. I've had so many good things happen through all these celebrities that I've done. And in fact, other people, people in politics. I often work with people that work on the film. That are the females behind the film, such as Spotlight. Oh really? They ask her for better film. Yes, I film. And the two producers, the female producers, reached out to me to say they don't do red carpets. It's not common. They do more of the work side. And when I was at a win, I needed to have something beautiful. I worked with them for their Golden Globes and their Oscar looks and it was so much. Well, you've made major inroads down in Hollywood. And Spot, I hope there's more to come. Yes. How often are you down there? You know, I'm seeing myself going down there more. I'd say once every five months. I mean, twice every four to five months. I'm down there at least twice, three times within that five month period. But now I'm going to hopefully be doing some more with another stylist. I hope to be down there once a month if I can't maybe twice. Fantastic. And you're still doing quite a few dresses for San Francisco. I know you're a part of the ballet. Absolutely. Yeah. I love the arts. I mean, in a world that's so crazy right now, we've got a lot of negative news out there. And I think if you can escape through the arts, whether it's music, you know, painting, all of us, dance, opera, what have you, I think that's always an important thing to always support are the arts. Yeah. And well, you guys are surrounded by art and culture all the time. It's part of a wonderful event that you host at the Cobals, not a gallery, the community. It's fantastic. And so you like working with women of a 50. Tell us about that. I do because I remember growing up and I've always said a pretty nice self esteem. I had great parents. My mother and dad are like, they're the Aussie and Harriet. Oh, they're the sweetest. And so they always, my father was always good about giving a compliment to my two sisters and myself. And my mother was always supportive. You could talk to her about anything. So I was very lucky. And I think sometimes when you don't grow up with that kind of support system, you tend to have self esteem problems. Not always, but I think I think it is an indicator about your relationship with your parents. And what happened is I found that having that background helped me work with women that are insecure a little bit about what they're doing. I have a positive approach to things because I know it's going to look good on them. Right. And they feel so confident, I guess, with my face. Because you make people feel confident. I try. And I'm like, I almost like the, I like to call myself the