I was lucky to have parents who loved me.

I went to London a lot as a young designer because London was a major inspiration, not only for the clothes but the sense of freedom. I remember going to see a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in the mid Eighties and loving the mix of Goth and humor, and in my shows I've always liked to play jokes and have fun.

Fashion is about what you look like, which translates to what you would like to be like.

I love and admire everyone who is different. I love that. The 'jet set' is banal. 'Good taste' is banal. Eccentricity is chic. Good taste paralyzes. But punk or street fashion or a tattoo-covered body, that is interesting to me, and that I love. I didn't go to fashion school. I learned from watching couture shows on TV and reading magazines. That made me dream.

I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.

I don't like dreams or reality. I like when dreams become reality because that is my life.

If it's too fashiony, it's not interesting to me.