Black is not sad... Black is poetic.

Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black?

For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference.

Fashion has a reason to be, because in fashion you can find new kinds of expression about human beings. It's my way to communicate.

I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect. You can meet somebody in one of my jackets and it can all look a bit wrong, but also human and beautiful. Cutting nonchalance into a garment is difficult, because you can't just make an oversized or an asymmetric garment - it will look ugly. Making it look natural is delicate work. If it's too obvious, then it looks fake. Balancing the garment is a painstaking task, because you have to keep in mind how the clothes move.

Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.

I work for men that I would love to meet, somebody who I could fall in love with, someone who intrigues me.