I got involved in fashion by accident. When I got to New York, my intention was to have enough money to eat and to stay and I don't have to leave. I just loved New York - the energy, the culture, the freedom.

New York accepts everybody. It doesn't matter your sex, color, religion. Everybody works together to create a better life.

If you love what you do, it won't be work.

I grew up in different orphanages in Israel, and if they gave me a pair of shoes, a shirt, and pair of pants every year, I was lucky. The rest was handouts, leftover clothes. So I appreciated clothes because I only had one new shirt each year.

Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival.

Follow the truth to life and love what you do... Be passionate about it to the point where you’re willing to do anything for it.

I dont walk around feeling like Im successful. I feel like I did well.