I came from product design originally - I had been designing dolls for a toy company since I was 16 - so I'm used to working with plastic and different things. I had an innate interest in objects.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was 18, I began attending college for art and design, and I designed all sorts of things from furniture to industrial designs and even watches.
I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.
I made physical objects because I know how to do something on the computer. That struck a chord with me: Most women of my generation have grown up with technology but lack the handmade creative skills of former generations. This is a big opportunity to fill that gap.
Ever since I was a little girl, I loved to make things. I always made dresses for my Barbie dolls. When I was 13, I designed my Bat Mitzvah dress.
Even as a young boy, my passion was to design, and I have been very lucky to be able to do what I have loved all my life. There can be few greater gifts than that.
I was probably born with some designing abilities.
I've always had an interest in design, and I have always loved creating things.
I was always pretty good at designing things.
I started out making personal pieces, and realized that I actually like designing. I am self-taught, so I had a lot to learn technically.
I was a baby when I began, but I knew exactly what I wanted to wear myself. I became a jewelry designer because I knew how to do something with a pencil and sketch my ideas.