I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!

Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person.

I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!

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

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.

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