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.

I am a melancholy type of person.

Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

There is no better designer then nature

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.

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

There’s blood beneath every layer of skin.