No one ever taught me, and I never had formal classes in pattern making, so I was like, Okay, I'll just drape, and I'll sew as I pin it.

I always say that I'm really inspired by mistakes and things that kind of go wrong.

Where music leads, I follow.

Go with your instinct and your gut. It sounds cliché, but never give up and just keep on. If you really believe in it, you have to just dive in and go for it.

When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started.

When you focus on the consumer, the consumer responds.

Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.