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

I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.

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

I think there is beauty in everything.

I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind yourself there's beauty in the world. I wanted to show a more poetic side to my work. It was all about... a feeling of sadness, but in a cinematic kind of way. I find beauty in melancholy.

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

There’s blood beneath every layer of skin.