The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.
I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's always been something I look towards.
I was very sporty at school, and sport was probably the thing I was best at, but my real passion was for fashion.
I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion.
We always try to reinterpret sport in an innovative, fashionable way, and when we do fashion, we're always trying to bring our sports heritage into the fashion world.
In my industry, a shirt and a shoe are still made the exact same way they were 80 years ago.
When I first started designing sportswear, I felt that women weren't represented in sports performance. I felt that men were dressed really well both technically and visually, and women were almost like an afterthought.
I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe.
I was so proud of my team and myself for changing the rules of the fashion industry.
I wanted to make the world's greatest football undershirt. But I realized that no team sport had equipment for apparel. Apparel was an afterthought.