I did know that my clothes were making a statement; I knew that was the case. So we decided “why don’t we use this platform to uplift some young new designers who normally wouldn’t get this kind of attention, because you can change their lives,” which is one of the reasons why we chose Jason Wu for my inaugural gown. You learn that there are people in this scene who feel entitled to these things because they’ve done it for a while, and I hated that feeling. There are whole lot of people out here who are trying to make it; there are young women and immigrants and black folk. …Pay closer attention to the things she says. Politicking like that is hardly “relatable”, never mind “likable”.
“I did know that my clothes were making a statement”
My finger is making a statement.