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I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes.

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.

Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.

Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx.

Growing up in South London, we went to a school where there were not that many Jewish kids. I love being Jewish in L.A.; it feels really normal. The culture seems to be integrated into Hollywood. Everyone uses Yiddish words like 'schlep' and 'schmooze.' That's what I love about New York, too.

Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

When I was a child, I lived in Morocco, and I would always buy a lot of beads from the markets and to make jewellery for friends. Later, at 18, I would do my own clothes and make my own patterns. When I first came to New York, people just assumed I was a stylist because I was so into fashion.

Kids who have no money are still figuring out a way - somehow - to dress nicely.

In high school, girls started wearing high-waisted pants with their shirts tucked into them. I don't get what that's about.

Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.