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.

Fashion is self confident and fearless.

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

I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.

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

You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.