Men's fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality.

Since I was a child, my whole life has revolved around music. It's often while listening to a song that ideas for my fashion collections formed.

The framework of men's wear is so narrow, that when you play at the edges you get labeled.

I love California. It has such a strong contribution to the history of culture, and popular culture. For better and worse, of course. Even the worst can be interesting to some degree sometimes for somebody creative.

Hedi was and is still misspelled 'Heidi' and my perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age.

I shared this idea that fashion starts with a movement, an allure: elusive, defined through perfect proportions.

When I was designing, I had in mind Jimi Hendrix, and I could hardly find skinny indie black kids to wear my clothes. I remember one telling me he had to swap his skinny jeans for baggy ones in the subway before going home, so he wouldn't get in trouble in his neighborhood.