A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings.
Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.
Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.
At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.
It takes a lot more than just knowing how to put an outfit together to succeed in the fashion industry, so more power to you if this is where you want to be; just don't expect it to be an extended trip to the mall.
You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? 'That's not my job.'
Some of the best things that I ever sold on Ebay, I bought on Ebay - just for way less.
Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not.
My days of being the tardy employee at the record store gave me a cultural and musical understanding that was more unique than if I'd just listened to garbage-y pop on the radio my entire life.
A big practice in chaos magic is the use of sigils, which are abstract words or symbols you create and embed with your wishes.
You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.
'Have you ever considered changing the name Nasty Gal?' is probably the dumbest question I've ever heard.
Selling $500 shoes when you make $12 an hour is just an awkward economic juxtaposition.
I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves.
When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets.
If you knew what you wanted to be when you were 6 years old - great! If you have no idea what you want to be, that's OK!
Sometimes the expectation of being inspired in one specific way may close you off to the actual inspiration.
When I go through hundreds of applications from people who all have very similar-sounding experience, cover letters are the only glimpse I have into a person's personality.
