My greatest fashion icon: Deborah Harry
The best fashion advice anyone ever gave me: Don’t go shopping when you’re “hungry”
My best design moment: When I realized I could draw
My most important mentor: Professor Middleton at FIT
The word that best describes my design philosophy: Less is more
The Marimekko product I use all the time: A Tasaraita shirt
The thing I hope to bring to Marimekko: A more youthful and fitted look that will turn into a new classic
The shape I’m most fascinated with right now: The play between a little and a lot of volume
Three things I can’t live without right now: A big cardigan, Converses, and coffee
Three things I couldn’t live without when I was a teenager: A Sony Walkman, crimping iron, and skinny jeans
One thing I will never change: The colour of my hair
My favourite escape: Planning a trip
If I were not working as a designer, I would be: An organic farmer