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I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where it's all about being comfortable. I try to bring that undercurrent to what I do. It's great to have beautiful, dressed-up clothes that still feel casual.

For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends.

For me, clothing is nothing without the story behind it. Everything I own evokes some kind of memory.

All over Africa, people are wearing what Americans once wore and no longer want. Visit the continent, and you'll find faded remnants of secondhand clothing in the strangest of places.

Fashion is almost like a religion, for me at least.

My mother always taught me to wear clothes for myself and not to follow trends as trends will end!

I watch a lot of 'National Geographic.'

We've forgotten to respect clothes and consider who made them and where the material came from. We've been encouraged to buy things and, if we don't like them, bin them. When I grew up, we'd repair things or alter them.