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

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

Some designers are so airy-fairy people can't connect with them. I hope people can relate to me, to a normal person who just happens to be a fashion designer, that people can take me as they find me. It's not the designer's job to care about what people think. Whatever else I've done, I've never tried to be something that I'm not.

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

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.

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive.

Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.