When I say that I'm a businessperson and a dressmaker, it's the truth. I run a business, and I make dresses, I make blouses.

I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like living with living things.

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

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

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

Since an early age, I've been intrigued by the idea of design evolution.

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