I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy.

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place.

The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts.

Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia.

I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

I tend to gravitate toward Proenza Schouler and Alexander Wang. Their designs are accessible and easy.