Everybody says black makes you look slimmer, but what about those other colors that also complement your skin tone or your figure and things like that?

I get so many different types of people emailing me how much my story impacts them. Hearing that inspires me every day to keep going and going.

I always try to manipulate the eye when I'm dressing myself or someone else. I don't have an hourglass figure, so I'm always trying to give the illusion that I have one; bringing the eye to the waistline by adding a belt or having a heavier print at the bottom or at the top helps define your shape.

I don't care what word you use: my job is to design clothing that is not out there for us.

A lot of my inspiration is what straight-size women wear - why is there a disconnect from what they wear and what we can wear?

I partnered with Working Wardrobes because I wanted to be part of an organization that lifts people's spirits.

Working Wardrobes needs plus-size clothing donations to help women and men feel confident on their journey to finding a job. This is what we need in today's world - to lift people up - and Working Wardrobes is doing that.

I love to design clothing that is not out there for your average plus-size woman, and I want to fill in the gap of that industry and not design cookie-cutter things.

I'm talented, I know what I want, and I believe in myself, and I'm true to myself.

I do feel like plus-size fashion is changing, but it's slowly changing. It's not growing as fast as we would all like.

When companies are jumping on the bandwagon to do plus size, they limit themselves.

Sky's the limit. I don't have a vision, because I want to do everything that I can.

I love to create clothing for the everyday woman. I get joy out of that because it's something that we need in this industry.

I'm never going to limit myself.

It's so important for me to share my story and inspire other women to feel comfortable in their skin and to know that your size has zero impact on the goals you set for yourself.

I'm a talented designer.

I don't have a problem showing my legs!

I feel like people in the industry are scared to take that chance because it's not easy to design plus-size clothing.

I feel like there's not enough clothing out there to show our personality and just to be comfortable and to be fashion-forward and to be a trendsetter. There are a lot of clothes out there for the straight-size woman to be able to show that, but in the plus-size industry, I don't feel like it's there just yet.

When people told me that I couldn't do something, I wanted to always prove them wrong. That comes a lot from people always bullying me because of my size and not thinking that I could do anything to impact the world or inspire other people.

I think the hardest thing is to design for plus-size women. I enjoyed designing for straight-size because there's no limits. They can basically wear anything, and that's where I was able to have creative freedom with it.

I like to design funky things, and I love to mix prints and patterns together.

I'm turning this industry around and making clothing that we've been wanting and needing.

It's nice to see how much the mainstream fashion community has been so accepting of it. It's very exciting to see that folks finally want to make plus-size mainstream.

I love color, and I'm very inspired by curvy women and helping them feel good in their clothes.

I want to offer plus-size women the opportunity to wear fun colors and to avoid the pitfalls of only wearing black because many curvy girls think it is the only color that is slimming.

Seeing that 'Project Runway' sign at the end of the runway just made me, like, realize, like, 'Wow, I'm on this show. I'm living every designer's dream right now.'

I can believe in myself, and I feel like I'm such a strong and talented designer.

It was really important for me to create fun and trendy pieces for the plus-size market.

Once you feel good, you look good... that projects to everyone.

I'm super excited to be collaborating with JCPenney to create my first-ever capsule collection for that plus-size woman who needs that confidence and wants to be fabulous every day.