i understand you commissioned a work of art for your show from tom hodge. why did you do that? >> i did it because i love music, and one of the favorite is tom, and when i have a piece of music used from tom hodge in one of the collections, i saw the way he mixed the classical with contemporary, and i say i need to meet this man. we decided that we were going to produce a piece of muic for the collection, and this inspiration went into my head with this, and it came out well because it has glamour and romance. gerri: how do you stay current and competitive in a business you've been in many, many years. >> well, you have to be on top of that, and i've been lucky because the women like it. the more the people buy this, the more special i get. gerri: absolutely. now, the fabrics you are using this season, tell me what you are doing different. >> well, this season, the collection has a little hint of the 40s. the hint is about the treatment of the shoulders, the movement of the skirt, some of the materials are very special, very dramatic, let's say. gerri: i ow you don't think of y

here is a look at their collaboration. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> rose: joining me now is tom hodge the composer, javier peral the d.j. and music producer and the designer herself, carolina herrera. i'm pleased to have them at this table. >> thank you. so much for inviting us. >> rose: so here's the question, the two of you have been working together since -- >> 2000. >> rose: and what was the normal process? >> the normal process is when you have to collection ready then you call the d.j.-- which is javier-- and he brings a lot of music and i chose -- >> rose: this is after the clothes have been designed. >> yes. after the clothes have been designed. this time -- you know, fashion is finding something new that inspires you. and this time i was inspired by the music before designing the collection. >> rose: that's what's different. so let me go back to the story. you come to him and you want to do something different. >> absolutely different. >> rose: what do you say, javier? >> the whole story in the connection between tom and i was because i admired tom's music and i didn't know tom a