You know, for myself, my personal journey has been a very fortunate one and I would say to people it's like the stars lined up and the skies opened up and the sun shined and I met the right people - was at the right time. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do.

My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.

I'm such a technophobe.

I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV.

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.

I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.

When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.