I would tell any aspiring designer to take the time to experience everything they can to really get a feel for what direction they want to go in. And most importantly, let your passion and your gut lead you.

I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck.

There's such a feeling of satisfaction when something you imagined turned into something real.

I want to make clothes that make women feel beautiful.

It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns.

I wanted to do something not just commercial but also covetable.

Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone.