You'd see extraordinary-looking people around in the '70s. It was so exciting! You'd have mad people, like Gerlinde Kostiff riding around on her bicycle with a huge hat. Everybody was doing things. I don't have any bad memories of that period.

I thought Victoria Beckham was going to be one of those pop girls, but she's absolutely the complete opposite. She's a working girl. She knows what she wants. And when she doesn't know, she really prepares herself. I love this working type of women. And she's a girl from - I don't even know where she's from.

I think I make shoes quite okay.

I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

The only way I can cope with me and my environment is to have this kind of wall around me. I'm exhausting myself.

I don't consider myself a fashion designer.