“I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students di…” — Tim Gunn

I always say I have a Socratic approach to most things that I do. I pummel people with questions, because I need to know what they're thinking, what they're trying to achieve, what they believe the final outcome is going to be.

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

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.

Men's wear is all about tailoring.