I'm a woman who has gone through many heartaches, enough to dedicate my whole life to trying to figure them out.

I think [ fashion philosophy] it's about your smile and your smell.

It's just that little box in the middle of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Most of the time I go I don't even leave that apartment. I have just enough: a little bed, a little kitchen with two pots. I make some tea and I look out the window or just lay down.

Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.

People are uncomfortable with sexuality that’s not for male consumption.

Even if the project requires you to have all the ducks in a line, I can't do that. I don't create way.

I love watching Rihanna in fashion. I like to see her take chances and risks. I like seeing Naomi Campbell in the forefront. They're both women who stand out and use their bodies as canvases to introduce this functional art to the world. They carry it in a way that is very inspiring.