The thing is you can be a great designer but you can also be lazy or not understand the other person's preferences or be more concerned about being a star than being good at what you do.

Even when I was just designing T-shirts people really gravitated to them.

I believe that if you work hard enough and do things the right way recognition will come.

I started designing and getting into cutting and sewing, I also started learning how to do patterns and tech packs. From there I transitioned from challenging myself to make T-shirts to starting to make custom pieces for celebrities.

I started out doing everything on a custom scale and when that started paying the bills I started making more pieces.

I wasn't able to afford high-end brands or any of that, so I grew up on streetwear.

I was at work but my soul wasn't there, my body was there but I wasn't connecting to what I was doing. Eventually I decided to get out of there and do something I believe in.