I'm always reading many books at a time. It might be quite unorthodox, but what I do is, since I'm always surrounded with books, I'll read a page of physics, and then I'll read a chapter of a novel that I really love, and then I'll say, "Oh well, what does that mixture do in my head?" I adore reference books. I love encyclopedias. I also like just going back to original texts, because a lot of these self-help books today.

Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.

Everyone thought I was going to fall down on my shoes and I kept saying, 'Well if I do I'll just get up!'

Eccentric is a difficult word because it's come to mean crazy. Avant-garde would be better. Eccentric is not "centric" in terms of having a center. Because sometimes it's used in a derogatory context.

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.

I don't do event dressing, because every day is an event.

I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art.