When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little.

You cannot do something just for the money. You have to do things you believe in and eventually you will make money.

The content could be done anyplace, but the real invention is the architecture. The architecture is the only work that really defines a new way of doing things. I think this point is fundamental.

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.

Daring to wear something different takes effort.

I remember being mad about having pink and red shoes. I gew up envying other girls' pink and red shoes.

When I talk with people, I don't even see what they are wearing . . . No, I recognize it if it's something particularly nice and interesting. I see the exception.