When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

To me if you're going have a show, it should be a show. It should be entertaining and take you on a journey.

I love the fact that fashion always changes, and I hate the fact that it always changes.

When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point.

At the point when I wanted to become a designer, I didn't think about, 'Oh, but I'm a woman,' just like didn't think about like, well, 'I'm Chinese' or that 'I'm in Michigan.' You know, none of those things were obstacles to me. I just had this idea that this is what I had to do.

I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.

You still get the sheer quality coming through but you're covered.