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"    Photo: Courtesy of Emma Cook   When blending into the crowd just isn&amp;#039;t an option, women need look no further than Emma Cook&amp;#039;s outstanding surrealistic prints. For her recently revealed resort 2014 collection, the London-based Central Saint Martins alum worked jungle prints into an otherwise classic, continental-chic range, seamlessly bridging the gap between the tribal and the cosmopolitan. &amp;quot;We started with a classic color palette of red, white, green, and black,&amp;quot; the designer said. &amp;quot;It started off being quite French, and then got more crazy.&amp;quot; Now working on pre-fall, Cook counts bona fide fashion trailblazers like Beyonc\u00E9, Florence Welch, and Chlo\u00EB Sevigny among her fans, and she says she&amp;#039;s never happier than when she&amp;#039;s spending time with her loved ones. Read on as the British designer responds to ELLE.com&amp;#039;s go-to 10 questions and sheds light on her love for shoes, children&amp;#039;s books, and playing with fire.   What is your favorite smell? Bonfires. A good substitute is Diptyque Feu de Bois candles. What do you consider to be the epitome of happiness?  Playing with my son and husband on an empty sunny beach when I should be at home working in the snow. How do you define luxury?  Choice and time. What is the last dream you remember?  Nothing worth repeating! What&amp;#039;s your favorite childhood memory?  Staying with friends on a lovely farm in Ireland with the beach at the end of the fields. I had to drink milk from the cows, which I thought was disgusting, and I watched my dad help to thatch the roof. What&amp;#039;s the last book you read and loved?  Swimming Home by Deborah Levy. I don&amp;#039;t actually get much time to read books that aren&amp;#039;t children&amp;#039;s books, but when I do, I like novels. To be honest, it&amp;#039;s the first book I can remember reading lately that wasn&amp;#039;t a children&amp;#039;s book.  Describe your home&amp;#039;s aesthetic.  Eclectic. I live in North London, and we just renovated our Victorian house with years and years of history. It&amp;#039;s definitely not minimal.  What are your vices?  Shoes. [I have] too many of them and leave them all over the house. Describe yourself in five words or less.  Direct, industrious, fun, loyal. What possession will you never throw away?  I throw very little away, which could help answer the questions about vices and my home aesthetic. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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