The idea of transformation is super-important to me. You can see it in the way I approach things. I have never been a clean-faced, freshly scrubbed hair person. I'm the New York designer who doesn't do that. I think about the hair and makeup almost as much as I think about the clothes because it all has to work.
Jason WuFor a while, I just thought that I wanted to be an illustrator because that's all I wanted to do. I also did some sculpting. It was always very artsy and very feminine, everything that I did.
Jason WuI had a hard time in middle school. I was never really quite me until I was 16 or 17, and things like bullying didn't matter anymore.
Jason WuI love the idea of working with women because I always feel like a man designing womenswear needs women around him to really have a sense of what they're doing.
Jason WuThe idea of transformation is super-important to me. You can see it in the way I approach things. I have never been a clean-faced, freshly scrubbed hair person. I'm the New York designer who doesn't do that. I think about the hair and makeup almost as much as I think about the clothes because it all has to work.
Jason Wu