Life to me is a bit of a (Brothers) Grimm fairy tale.

I am a melancholy type of person.

I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.

I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.

It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle - everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things.

Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.

For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.