I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.

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.

When something I can't control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?

I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.

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 didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.

I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist.