My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff.

com named her one of the "Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011". She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and attended the University of Southern California majoring in broadcast journalism. Collins is set to star in the first film adaptation of the New York Times bestselling "The Mortal Instruments" novels by Cassandra Clare playing Clary Fray.