I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I always, always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of twelve. I followed designer's careers. I knew Giorgio Armani was a window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro was a tailor.

Fame should be left to the film stars.

You can only go forward by making mistakes. I'm twenty-seven, not fifty-seven. I'm not Givenchy, I'm Alexander McQueen.

It's almost like putting armor on a woman. It's a very psychological way of dressing.

The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.

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