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.

Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.

Nothing's faster than the Internet.

The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.

You just pray that something is going to hit you like lightning. Like a movie, a book, or a photograph, a painting, something that you can riff on it and learn more about it and explore it, and just go on a journey with it. So lots of times when I choose a theme, I'll also incorporate other things that I'm doing at that period.

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

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