You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know?
You know, for myself, my personal journey has been a very fortunate one and I would say to people it's like the stars lined up and the skies opened up and the sun shined and I met the right people - was at the right time. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do.
Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person.
When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.
I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.
My mother was a seamstress, so making clothes was not something you would willingly go into.