Quotes from Ashley Nell Tipton

Being dyslexic, creativity was my way of expressing myself.

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.

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

I want to wear things that make me feel good.

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

Widening a garment or making it larger is not understanding the real curves of a plus size women.

We, as plus-size women, want the jewelry to fit like it was meant for us. Not like, OK, we're just going to add a couple links here to make it fit wider necks. I want jewelry that complements us.

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'm never afraid of pattern or texture.

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.

When I got into high school, that's when I stated dabbling in fashion design. I got involved in the theater department's costume design and started to think that maybe I'd major in fashion design.

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 trust people until they give me a reason not to trust them.

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.

People need to work on what self-love is and redefining self-love... it comes from within: who you are and how you carry yourself in this world.

I love to sew. But when it's something that's being repetitive over and over and over again, it takes a toll.

You can't continue to reflect on the past.

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 have to constantly remind myself that no one is perfect and that this is my journey, and I have to be kind to myself.

It's just an amazing feeling to know that I'm representing for every plus-size woman out there.

I'm representing for the plus-size community and the plus-size industry. It feels amazing to be able to be the voice that we need.

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 wasn't your normal plus-size girl who would dress in all black and hide in the shadows. I was very out there. But I was very shy and insecure about certain things.

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.