Let's do what we love and do a lot of it.

Fashion isn't a necessity. It pulls at your heart. It's a whim. You don't need it. You want it.

I'm a designer. I make clothes and bags and shoes. I have a job that involves making creative choices, but I'm not a divinely inspired human being like an artist!

I used to buy good shoes, now I buy good bags. They make me feel more confident.

Whether it's an $11 flip-flop or a $2 key ring or a $2,000 dress, they're all done with integrity. They're all done with a design sense. As long as the creativity exists, then I don't think it's a sellout. A sellout is putting your name on any piece of crap and then expecting people to buy it because it's got your name on it.

Even mistakes can get you one step further.

Part of the talent of any company is to surround yourself with people who have good spirit and help you do more and more things.