I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.

When I was young, watching historical movies made me feel absolutely sublime. But the first few times I visited costume museums, I was really disappointed because it was not at the level I saw in movies. It was not the level of the image I'd imagined.

We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.

I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27.

For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.

Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence. I feel like people on the street today probably dress better than they did in the '50s.