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

There is no better designer than nature

There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.

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'm 40 now, but I want this to be a company that lives way beyond me, and I believe that customers are more important to making that happen than press. When I'm dead, hopefully this house will still be going. On a spaceship. Hopping up and down above earth.

Fashion is self confident and fearless.

I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.