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

I don't have the luxury of making clothes just to make an effect. It can't be something totally frivolous, because my distributors have to have a successful season, too.

I’m always about optimism and exuberance. It’s what I feel about fashion.

I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit.

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.

Love this in the film, “Velvet Goldmine” it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery!

I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, "Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all."