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.'

I believe that anything can be for men or women. I mean, I've worn a lace dress before!

Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there.

Art critics are like every other critic.

Staring up at the sky on a bright, sunny day makes me dream and gives me ideas.

As far back as I can remember, I had an interest in fashion. I used to go to sleepaway camp, and they'd provide a list of things that you had to bring, and I always wanted to be a bit more creative than the list allowed. Like, if they required chinos, I wanted to hand-paint them.

Without any kind of real ego on my part, I just thought, I'm going to approach the people I admire and see if they want to do something together.