I know you got started in fashion because you approached Matthew Williams at a concert and the rest is history. Did you move from Dallas to NYC on a whim? I interviewed with him when I was on vacation here. Then I went home for probably a month where I finished up my job as a waiter.
I saved up a bit of money and dropped out of school. I was just taking classes at a regular community college. After the interview, he said he would hire me - if I lived in New York. I went back home for a month, got my stuff together and made a plan to move.
It took me three days to drive here! I packed my car and had it in the city for a bit, but then I sold it because I was getting a lot of parking tickets. I drove here and I lived with my sister for a few months while I was interning. At the beginning, it was only about one day a week that I came in, but I kept showing up all the time and I was always available for him.
I quickly worked my way up and then he offered me a job. Creative assistant in a way. He would work with artists and musicians and I would assist him on photo shoots. Then a little bit later, when he started planning on launching Alyx, he wanted to solely focus on that, so I assisted him.
No, not at all. I started coming here when I was 15, about once a year. The first time I ever came, I sort of liked it but I never thought I could live here. I kept coming back and I learned my way around the city. By the time I was 21, I was really comfortable here, and by the time I moved here it felt like home. Plus I had my sister here.
