"It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will."

"When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little."

"I hate the idea that you shouldn't wear something just because you're a certain age."

"I always loved aesthetics. Not particularly fashion, but an idea of beauty."

"My father was a no-nonsense, dedicated, and focused minister, and there was usually a sermon he needed to prepare for or a Scripture he needed to study, and that always came first."

"I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop."

"Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature."

"My mother wanted me to be a teacher. She had this vision of me walking across the quadrangle in an Oxford college wearing my academic gown."