The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.

I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.

The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.

To be in Vogue has to mean something

Fashion's not about looking back. It's always about looking forward.

I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.

People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about. London has its own fashion identity. You come here to find the next Alexander McQueen or John Galliano.