Together with the rise of the internet, September 11 and its aftermath has changed most of our lives.

I like it to stay very organic, and to remember a personal story behind all my subjects.

I only like luxury fashion. You have to decide where you stand. I like well-made, authentic clothes, well-crafted tailoring. I also like the dream and fantasy of luxury, the exception and rarity of it. I have no interest at all in fast retail. It is ambiguous.

[It's] not one thing this year, one thing another year.

Men's fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality.

People always want an explanation about everything and I cannot give it to them. Because I don't know myself. 'Why did you do a pair of pants like that?' I have no idea. I'm not going to have a 20-minute political discussion about the necessity for slashed, painted leather jeans. Basically, I don't know more than you.

The framework of men's wear is so narrow, that when you play at the edges you get labeled.