What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.

I was a communist, but being left-wing was fashionable. I was no different from thousands of middle-class kids.

I try to make women feel more powerful without losing their femininity.

I don't want to say temporary, because temporary is such a trendy word.

You need to have dignity towards how you are, how you dress, how you behave. Very important.

I suppose I felt guilty not to be doing something more important, more political. So in a way I am trying to use the company for these other activities.

Fashion is instant language.