when I moved to Canada in '93, I started reading fashion magazines, and that's where I spotted the M.A.C ad that RuPaul were in. That's sort of how I first "met" you - in the red bodysuit. That was so iconic to me.
Jason WuIn American culture you leave home at 18. In the Asian culture, your parents don't really want you to leave home. So my parents just thought I was going to be one of those kids. I was like, "I'm never going to make a living at whatever I do." I just liked pretty things.
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 WuI worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.
Jason WuIt's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be. I moved to New York for that reason. I think I am a very good example of how you really can do whatever you want to do without having any kind of prerequisite experience of any of kind of connection. None of my family members came from this world.
Jason Wu