I've always said I'm not the kind of designer who likes to lock himself away in a studio and let the rest of the company deal with it. I work very closely with everyone on the team.

All my closest friends are the ones I made while in college or who knew me growing up. They keep me grounded, and I adore that about them.

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.

I was in fashion school, my brother has a law background, and my sister-in-law had worked in production, but none of us had a proper fashion business education.

I feel so thankful that I'm able to be a part of something that I love to wake up and run to work every day.

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

I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side.