Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.

Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.

When I started, department stores were either very fashion, or very tailored, so the two never mixed. I mixed it, and they said you're too tailored for fashion and too fashion for tailoring. So I had to move the market. So that's what I did.

I have my fashion empire to build.

Tailoring was considered to be a world that was very traditional, and basically going out of fashion. Fashion designers did not have a real link with tailoring or tradition, so I fused the two worlds together.

Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.