I think the way the world has evolved, it's maybe caught up to me. It makes more sense and it makes it click on a larger scale.

I have to love the DNA of the brand fundamentally. I need to be able to fuse my personality with theirs. That's what I've done with Adidas, Swatch, and in a different way with Moschino. I really have to feel fused with it.

People think I'm being stupid or false humble. It's not. I don't think I always fit in. Maybe it's a complex you get as someone who has always been fighting on the outside.

I think the way the world has evolved, it's maybe caught up to me. It makes more sense and it makes it click on a larger scale.

When I first started my own brand, when I needed an icon, I had no other icon but myself. I had to create that.

When I'm hell-bent on something, there's no way around it. I can be a very stubborn.

I think I'm one of few American designers doing a house in Europe, and I think I've been proving myself there very well.