I love the history of the sport, I love the culture that surrounds it, and I never dreamed I'd become a fanatic. I'm such a fanatic now that I'm committed to competing.

The clothes we wear send a message about how the world perceives us.

I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.

I learned early on in teaching how easy it is to hurt a young person and that's never my intention.

Trying and acheiving are two different things.

If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.

My advice to the 10 year old daughter is: fashion happens in a context. It's societal, it's cultural, it's historic, it's economic, and it's political. So all of her studies, everything that is happening in the world, all needs to be channeled through her in order to be a good designer.