I have a quality where I sort of scare people. But I am who I am.

You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.

I'm the kind of person who, even after a shoot that I've loved, is always moving on. There is no gap.

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first. I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction. In another way, it's a crazy pressure. I try to stay quiet about the whole situation, because fashion itself can be crazy, and everyone wants a part of you.

I don't know if that's new, but it has become very official over the past 25 or 30 years - and today it's probably at its most extreme point, where sometimes collections look more like a stylist's work than a designer's signature.

I grew up in such a small city, I had to be popular or I'd be dead. So I had to be popular!

I think when a time comes, a change comes, and you have to recognize the change but also believe in yourself.