It was like one of those dreams at high school when everyone else has clothes on except you.

I love fashion. What I love is the ability to express yourself, to be able to make a product and shoot an ad campaign that tosses you out into the world and lets you have a voice in contemporary culture, iconography. I felt a little bit neutered not having that voice.

I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five.

Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.

I hate going out for lunch during a workday because it slows down my pace and ruins my rhythm. I prefer to eat at my desk. Actually, I wander around the design studio with a plate in my hand as I dine on, for example, salmon sashimi and a salad of tomatoes and mozzarella. I often have a bit of dark chocolate after lunch.

A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm.

In fashion as in life, the right thing at the right time is the right thing. The right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.