I am not really brand-conscious; I pick out clothes that appeal to me regardless of the label, but I consider my style very American.

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.

My brother told me he was very proud of me, of the business I have built, and that gives me joy.

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

So many designers only sketch and leave pattern-making to others. Pattern-making is important so you know the structure. Then if someone tells me, 'I can't make a pattern from that sketch,' I can tell them, 'I will make it' and then they are quiet. If I can't make it, I don't design it.