Fame should be left to the film stars.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

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

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.

The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.

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

I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.