Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.

Clothes can be important. I am learning this. For instance, often when I design and I wonder what is the point, I think of someone having a bad time in their life.

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

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

People ask me how can I be stylish, how can I be elegant and what can I wear? My only answer is study! You have to learn.

I have to say that my husband and my children are so tough, there really is no space for pretension.

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.