Consumers around the world always want something unexpected and exciting, and that's what drives me. I love the challenge of reinterpreting my designs in new ways each season to keep the "prep look" modern and fresh.

I think if a young person is passionate about something specific, he or she should follow their passion. You look at Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, all of these successes in Silicon Valley, these people have had passion in a specific area and have therefore succeeded. College isn't for everyone. If you don't have that passion or that specific focus in mind, I believe you should go to university and get an education.

I love creating bold, cinematic moments with my runway shows, so the idea of being a film director has always been appealing to me.

In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes.

No one is an inventor in the fashion business. Designers recreate fashion.

I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them.

I always say if I weren't a fashion designer, my other dream job is being a rock star!