I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.

You can't have style if you don't have substance.

Style is an extension of yourself. My approach is to enhance the personality of the wearer, so he has his own voice

I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back... I just don't understand it.

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.

When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.

Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response.