What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections.

It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible

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

I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade.

Fashion is self confident and fearless.