Which holiday inspired Mr.Botello to begin designing clothing? [br] [originalte

W：So, Mr. Botello, how did you start designing clothing?
M：When I was 15 I wanted to be a pirate for Halloween. My parents refused to buy me a costume so I made it myself. When I finally showed up on Halloween night in my costume my family couldn’t believe it. Everyone wanted me to make their costumes for the next year! A dance teacher even hired me to make costumes for upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas dance performances she was holding.
W：So great. How do you define creativity?
M：Creativity is thinking outside the norm, being open-minded, and creating something non-existent and making it work.
W：Do you think creativity is innate or learned?
M：Both. My dad and mum are both artistic. My dad makes money painting huge cartoon characters on walls for shops and displays. My mum uses her creativity with her garden and with her cooking. So half of it is inherited and half is learned. I learn from TV, other clothing lines, life, paintings, etc.
W：How important is education to your creative process?
M：I believe that education is very important to get your creative process to that next level. When I started designing, it was pen and paper, now everything I design is digital and I needed to learn how to do that. I also believe that general education is important for everyone. I graduated college three years ago and I know the things I learned there—even though I didn’t study fashion, I studied art history—are definitely going to continue helping me with my fashion designing in the future. Any subject you study in school, from art to engineering is bound to somehow enrich your life later on even if you don’t use that skill directly.