I'm based in Atlanta so there weren't a lot of people to talk to about fashion because no one was really doing it on the scale that I wanted to do it. I had to do a lot of research on my own.

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 wanted to give people an experience. I wanted them to get their money's worth.

I'm based in Atlanta so there weren't a lot of people to talk to about fashion because no one was really doing it on the scale that I wanted to do it. I had to do a lot of research on my own.

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.