I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look.

The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's up.

I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.

I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment it is the most vulnerable - one negative comment could knock you off course.

I'd get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. It's a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it.

I knew that I wanted to start my own business. I knew that I wanted to work for myself. I was no stranger to the word no. You just have to keep going.