If You Told Me When I Was

I'm Constantly Reminding Myself That The World Owes Us Nothing. We Have To Make Our Way And We Have To Work Hard, Persevere And Make Our Own Way In The World Because The World Isn't Waiting For Us, So Let's Let The World Know We Are Here.

I've Never Mentioned This, But When I Was At Parsons Teaching, The Other Design Disciplines, They Don't Like Fashion Design. They See It As Very Nineteenth-century.

I Have A Very Socratic Approach - I Pummel The Designers With Questions, So When I Get Them To Step Back From The Work And Look At It With Me, They'll Eventually See What I See, Coming To It Fresh And Unencumbered. That's Always Very Gratifying Because They Feel A Responsibility And An Ownership Of A Solution.

If You Had Pockets, You Were Associated With A Labor Force. It Meant You Had Things To Carry Yourself. Otherwise, Your Lady's Maid Or Your Manservant Would Have Done It For You.

I Learned From Teaching. If You Are Perceived By The Student To Be Belittling Them Or Purely Criticizing Them Without Offering Up Words Of Encouragement And Support, They Shut Down And Discredit You.