No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.

I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don't wake up before - the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.

I like chocolate. I don’t eat it, but I like the smell of it. People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose. I would love to have a perfume based on chocolate.

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.

I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.

These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.

I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.