When you design a dress you ask yourself, would woman like it or no. It's much more of a creative process, not a research or trying to make somethings that sells or appeals. I hope that it will appeal to somebody, but it isn't what drives me.

A lot of models achieve that kind of iconic position by working primarily with one photographer.

I like to take on the thing I don't like at the moment. I like to find something that looks wrong or feels off, something that I would never have done in the past, like brocade. And then all of a sudden, if we can make brocade work, then we've really done something, because I hate it. And that's just a reference. I don't actually hate brocade.

It's the things that aren't accepted as conventionally beautiful that I find more attractive.

Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it's not necessary to be radical all the time.

My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and tell people, 'My grandson is going to be the next Calvin Klein.'

We live in a world where people are really hungry for information, and they're not hungry for information on subjects that they're not interested in.