Working with Moschino, a real high fashion Italian brand, maybe I'm under tighter deadlines, but sometimes under tight deadlines you do your best work.

Nowadays, individual style isn't just much more understood, but much more appreciated; that there's not one forced look that we're all supposed to adhere to, and everyone can find their place that way.

Madonna is the ultimate pop star of all time, hands down.

I always love trying to put my arms around more people. As a designer, it's a great compliment when people wear your clothes or buy your products, so to do things that are more affordable and have more of a distribution is always very exciting - especially when I can still bring my personality in complete, heavy doses. It's not a diluted version of me; it's a very clear extension of my personality.

I think the way the world has evolved, it's maybe caught up to me. It makes more sense and it makes it click on a larger scale.

I think I'm one of few American designers doing a house in Europe, and I think I've been proving myself there very well.

When I'm hell-bent on something, there's no way around it. I can be a very stubborn.