I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

To be in Vogue has to mean something

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

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.

I worked for Harper’s Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it’s a great learning experience.

Well it just looks so ugly. Is it a boy or is it a girl?

In the end I do respond to my own instincts. Sometimes they're successful, and obviously sometimes they're not. But you have to, I think, remain true to what you believe in.