Even though I wasn't making a lot of money I was enjoying what I was doing.

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

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 didn't go to school for fashion, I didn't have anybody to teach me anything about fashion - that's all I knew how to do, graphic design.

Somebody once told me if you're doing what you're supposed to you don't have to force it.

If you don't have customers to sell to, you can't commit to anything with textile factories or manufacturing factories because you don't know if you'll be able to sell the quantities they're asking you to fill.

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