Quotes from EJ Johnson

It's very exciting to have this great opportunity to interview designers for PopSugar. This is certainly my first step toward making my debut in the fashion industry.

I don't feel the need to transition. I'm almost 100 percent positive I won't.

I've worked as an E! News correspondent covering New York Fashion Week and have appeared on several fashion shows and online sites.

Me and my dad, we go shopping all the time. He helps me pick out clothes and bags and stuff like that. We do share a common love of clothes and traveling.

No two days are ever the same, but usually I wake up and immediately check out what's happening online in the fashion world. Doing so inspires me to create and shape my own fashion trends.

Obviously if it's a larger bag, you can always debut it at a nice lunch or a good shopping date - maybe like a luncheon or a Dodger's game. Obviously for smaller bags, clutches and stuff, you can always wait for something in the evening like a big party.

My friends are all about Instagram and all about Snapchat.

I'm having so much fun getting to play around with a lot of different looks, a lot of different outfits, a lot of motifs.

I play in men's and women's wear, and I kinda mix and things like that.

So I'm definitely coming up in the entertainment world. Definitely a talk show down the line is my ultimate goal and you know, dabbling in fashion and entertainment.

I always wanted to come into the spotlight. I always had dreams and plans of doing my own thing and creating my own image, so it came a little sooner than I thought it would but this is still something I knew I would be going through and would have to experience.

Oh, I shop all over the place, really. Like I love department stores like Barney's and Saks and stuff like that. But I also just like to walk in Soho and find some interesting boutique that doesn't really have a huge name or following, and I'll go in and find something amazing.

The only time it gets weird is which bathroom do I go into sometimes.

You never know what kind of person you're going to be faced with, and you never know what kind of obstacles you're going to have to overcome.

I remember being, like, 4 and 5 and playing in my mom's closet. But also asking questions like 'Who's this?' and 'What's that?,' and my mom explaining to me, 'This is a Chanel and this is a Versace.'

I'm actually studying hospitality and I have a concentration in event planning and design. I study mostly around event management and a little bit of business.

I have an allowance for clothes and stuff.

Don't let anyone tell you no - don't care about what anyone else thinks.

It's a totally new mindset - I'm completely dedicated to living a new, healthy lifestyle. It's given me a whole new view on life.

I like things that are avant-garde, but at the same time I can also go downtown edgy.

I think that New York liberated me in the sense that I moved here when I was 18, so it was a fresh perspective on life. I had been living in L.A. my whole life and I had never lived anywhere else, so being away from family and really making a name for myself was huge for me.