It's not always important to do a "show," but a live element always works better for me, unless I am making a film that goes beyond the clothes.

Istanbul is one of the most incredible cities in the world, and a must - see as much as London, Paris, or New York. It's the past, present, and future, and a city where you never know what will happen from one minute to the next. It's also a melting pot of so many cultures from that region which is so often homogenized by the nation-state.

I have an interest in architecture, although more theoretically than anything else. I think architecture tries to understand what the body wants to occupy, not the body itself.

I think the experience of feeling isolated, of not fitting in, creates the urge to explore.

London scene consists of mostly foreigners. We see ourselves as British in many ways, but not English.

My furniture is banal and my house is pretty empty. The hardest thing to find is a sofa that is comfortable and looks good. The ones I like are never comfortable.

Technology is the only means through which you touch on new things.