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."

Fashion should be fun and accessible.

A piece of fabric can get me going.

Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert?

I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.

I think you have to be in the right place at the right time. And understand that and know when it is your time and how you react to it and how you respond to it.

Well, my whole thing is that I'm kind of like a show-off!