I try to be aware of technology and Japanese animation and old Belgian paintings, and get all my references from bits of everywhere.

Someone might say that's a naïve way of looking at things now, and I would respect their opinion, but I also respect every woman's right to wearing her own individual style, including hair.

When you look back at your career, there are moments that are levels that you hit and you bounce off them.

When you work with great people, you learn - about film, about clothing, about life, about sex.

Fashion is emotional, and the way women look at it is emotional, so it's very important to try to connect with a woman's idea of how she might feel.

I wasn't as confident and creative in the beginning as I am now, so it was all very safe. But I was building my work, and it took me a long time. For a good five or six years I was just kind of bobbing around, doing everything and anything.

People comment, and that's where we are now. It's the way the world is.