We need better things, not more. We should not pollute the world with meaningless, unused things when we can make and support things of rare and precious beauty.

Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.

There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.

Time is infinite, but we are not infinite in it.

I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.

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.

I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour.