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I think the history and the past we have is just an energy we've built up to do what we do now.
When you're young, you're fearless and more creative, more of an outsider.
I have a lot of insecurities, but you learn from your failures.
Once I'm committed, I'm unafraid of the outcome.
I was never so directly inspired by fashion. It always came from somewhere else.
The media is looking every season for a designer to tell a story. I have a long story I have to tell, continuing fluently year after year.
I'm really bad at describing my own life.
If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step... →
I don't think I'm the one that invented glamour at all.
I have always been interested in materials and in transforming them.
I have been asked to collaborate with fashion houses using my artwork, which I will probably do.
I've never been interested in the event when I'm the center of attention.
In the end, I do think it's insulting to men and women to insist that they fit a certain profile. I never understood that.