1 00:00:00,110 --> 00:00:02,900 - You can't work in this business if you're lazy. 2 00:00:02,900 --> 00:00:04,494 I mean, that's the number one thing. 3 00:00:04,494 --> 00:00:07,994 (bubbly electronic music) 4 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,210 I think the best way to kind of enter fashion 5 00:00:17,210 --> 00:00:18,730 or just be in this business 6 00:00:18,730 --> 00:00:21,500 is be as open-minded as possible 7 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:25,590 because the most random job can lead to 8 00:00:25,590 --> 00:00:27,660 your dream life, in a way. 9 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:30,410 You can't plan that this actress tomorrow 10 00:00:30,410 --> 00:00:31,620 is gonna wear this on the red carpet 11 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:32,880 and then your dress is gonna sell out. 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,410 You can't plan that 13 00:00:34,410 --> 00:00:36,840 and I think that a lot of people don't understand that. 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,580 You can't plan that your client's 15 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:40,280 gonna be nominated for an Oscar next month. 16 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:41,710 You just don't know 17 00:00:41,710 --> 00:00:44,780 so I think that you have to be as open-minded as possible. 18 00:00:44,780 --> 00:00:47,330 And you wake up every single day 19 00:00:47,330 --> 00:00:49,350 and you never know email you're gonna get. 20 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:51,110 I mean, you just don't. 21 00:00:51,110 --> 00:00:54,350 I mean, I woke up today and Madonna's asking for a dress. 22 00:00:54,350 --> 00:00:55,500 You just don't know 23 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:59,023 and I think that that's really exciting about the business. 24 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:02,990 I was young and I was applying to school 25 00:01:02,990 --> 00:01:04,030 and I wanted to go to FIT 26 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:07,330 because to me, FIT was the fashion place. 27 00:01:07,330 --> 00:01:08,360 I didn't know anything. 28 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,170 I was so naive to the world. 29 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:13,700 But not getting in was actually amazing for me 30 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:16,590 because I was able to then decide to move to Europe 31 00:01:16,590 --> 00:01:18,560 and got such a different type of training 32 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,040 than I would've if I lived in New York 33 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,530 and so it opened up a totally different door. 34 00:01:22,530 --> 00:01:25,480 And I think failures can be a blessing in their own way 35 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,600 because they open something else to everybody 36 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,700 and I think that that's what it's all about. 37 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:33,640 And it can be very frustrating all the time. 38 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,350 I mean, we have failures all the time 39 00:01:35,350 --> 00:01:38,600 but usually those things lead to something else 40 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,750 so I think every young aspiring artist in general, 41 00:01:42,750 --> 00:01:45,435 that's gonna happen so I kind of just took it 42 00:01:45,435 --> 00:01:47,363 and ran with it in a different way. 43 00:01:49,090 --> 00:01:51,630 I really look for somebody that's gonna be my team 44 00:01:51,630 --> 00:01:54,340 as somebody that it is really in it, 45 00:01:54,340 --> 00:01:58,860 like so obsessed, hardcore, will do anything, 46 00:01:58,860 --> 00:02:00,880 is there late, comes in early. 47 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,560 If you ask them to do something, they jump. 48 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,490 Y'know, how high? 49 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:05,180 There's too much going on. 50 00:02:05,180 --> 00:02:09,170 One thing can really affect everything 51 00:02:09,170 --> 00:02:11,130 so people have to really be on it. 52 00:02:11,130 --> 00:02:12,410 You know, you could lose everything. 53 00:02:12,410 --> 00:02:14,150 You can lose an actress wearing something. 54 00:02:14,150 --> 00:02:16,310 You can lose a customer buying something. 55 00:02:16,310 --> 00:02:17,530 It's a trickle down effect 56 00:02:17,530 --> 00:02:19,980 so you have to be really kind of intense, 57 00:02:19,980 --> 00:02:21,070 almost overly intense. 58 00:02:21,070 --> 00:02:23,503 I'd rather you be overly intense than nothing.