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.

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

I always try to appreciate the most fleeting moments. The idea of the acrobats constantly tumbling and trying to adjust - I think that is what we do with aesthetics. It is a cyclical rhythm

I love crazy, gaudy bling.

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.

I'm such a technophobe.

Just because you work in the fashion industry, it doesn't mean you live your life in fashion.