After six months, he began taking pattern-making and fashion-illustration classes at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. Having received A's on his coursework there, he emerged much more confident in his abilities.
半年後，選修 F.I.T.（紐約流行設計學院）打版設計及服裝繪畫課程，成績都得到 A，讓他信心大增。