My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and tell people, 'My grandson is going to be the next Calvin Klein.'

Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen.

Life is a fashion show, the world is your runway.

I'm not good at hiding my feelings. I'm also not good at lying. I'm very open about everything.

Without any kind of real ego on my part, I just thought, I'm going to approach the people I admire and see if they want to do something together.

I've learned a lot about doing accessories and making shoes and handbags. I don't think my perspective has really changed. The subtlety of understanding yarns, what makes a fabric what it is - I've learned technical skills and more about the craft.

That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately.