I hate the idea of making any of my children into a mini-me. That would be terrible.

If I eat, I can't work. I'll eat when I'm dead.

I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.

I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.

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. At the end of the Roman era, there was this whole move against togas, because that was the signifier of the Roman Empire. In the same way, the '60s were a reaction against the '50s and so on. But now we've been feeding on a sort of cadaver. At the moment, we're just endlessly recycling the past.

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.

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