People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Running a fashion business takes the heart of a good gambler. You're always dealing with new things. And there's no guarantee that anything new is going to be successful.
Just because you work in the fashion industry, it doesn't mean you live your life in fashion.
I used to live in New York, and I have friends that work in the fashion world, and I feel like I had an ear to the ground there.
Fashion is an industry to make money. It plays into human psychology. We want to belong, we want to be loved. I'm not trying to demonize the fashion industry - I love the fashion industry - but style is about taking the control out of the industry's hand and having you decide what works for you.
Fashion moves so quickly that, unless you have a strong point of view, you can lose integrity.
I'm not one who goes to a lot of fashion shows or tries to infiltrate that world, really.
I make 98% of my collection in New York City and am generating jobs, so fashion isn't just frivolous for me. I understand levity about it. I also understand the depth of it.
I've never done fashion school or anything like that. But I have good instincts.
I love fashion and am not scared to deviate from the norm.
The fashion system has killed fashion.