I'm really not a trend promoter because I feel that people push trends on people they shouldn't.

Fashion it's not just about learning how to draw pretty pictures, and how to sew, it's everything that makes up your life.

I'm conflicted. On one hand, I don't want to say that because you were a man and now you're a woman, you can't be in a women's fashion show. But I feel it's a dicey issue. The fact of the matter is, when you are transgender - if you go, say, male to female - you're not having your pelvis broken and having it expanded surgically. You still have the anatomical bone structure of a man.

The color, the shape, and the texture--none of it is accidental. Every item we wear has a glorious (or sometimes not so glorious) history, and that history extends back years--centuries, even--before Oscar de la Renta's 2002 collection.

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

My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.

May I respond by merely saying, "I hate crocs. May they please go away."