"[My mom] always wanted me to be what I wanted to be, and if I wanted to make big tutu dresses, she let me make big tutu dresses."
"I didn't have a ton of support from too many industry people because I just didn't know anybody. I was pretty naive. I lived in London, and then I moved to New York and didn't know many people. But my biggest supporters were the women in my life, from my mom and sister to friends I was working with. My mom never held back. She always wanted me to be what I wanted to be, and if I wanted to make big tutu dresses, she let me make big tutu dresses. That was my push as a young designer to do what I wanted to do. And then I had a very eccentric sister who would wear all the crazy things I would make, so that helped."
