My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh.

I mean you might have wanted Carrie Bradshaw, but to me she's like toddlers and tiaras gone berserk!

I'm definitely curious. I love pop culture. I'm glued to it. I can watch garbage TV, but then I can also watch great theater.

Learn to invest in the best quality you can afford and wear pieces in different ways.

I can sketch up a storm, and I'm very involved in how clothes are constructed, but I have a short attention span.

I think to be empathetic is the greatest gift you can have as a designer. Hopefully, people will look at me and say, 'He really loved women.'

My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.