Fashion has always been in my life, thanks to my mother and my aunt growing up. I think as I became an adult, my style evolved, and my love of fashion evolved even more.

I kind of took inspiration from my time in Paris. That was kind of the real time when I discovered European fashion. It's stuck with me since University.

Sometimes belts are flattering, and it helps with proportions.

I always have an idea in the back of my head, but that goes with anything else that I'm doing. There is a sort of vision behind it.

It's always great to have two inspirations, one that has more of an editorial purpose and one for more of an everyday, wearable approach.

A lot of the time, if I have samples, I can't tailor a sample. Or, I might have just bought something and I don't have time to go to the tailor, there are ways to take thin, skinny belts and layer them, and do quick little fixes.

I may be a young girl, but behind every young girl is a powerful father.