“This sit-down cross-seem single welt pocket (on the JeanJean from Mad mfg). It’s great because when you’re sitting down, getting into these [waist] pockets sucks on literally any type of pants. So with this side pocket, it’s just so much easier because your hands are already there.”

“One thing I love is our drawstring skirt which is very cute and simultaneously very comfortable. Do I want it to be a mini skirt or wear it long?”

“I feel like sometimes people are chasing an aesthetic but not accounting for all the [theoretical] factors of it, and then haphazardly use it for a design. There’s space for people to design without all this meaning and stuff — but I practice deconstructing more theoretically than aesthetically. If you don’t know the practical foundations of your work-wear design, then you’re not really making work-wear, you’re just making a costume.”