I never really have to sit at a desk thinking, "What should I do now?" It doesn't work like that for me, and it never has. My thinking process is constant. The difference is that once I was in Antwerp only doing two men's shows a year. And the weird thing is I thought I was busy then.

L.A. interests me, the whole band scene and relaxed carefree feel, but it does not mean you have to dress like a hippy.

For me, Warhol made so much sense.

The future, for me, is romantic, I don’t understand people who say the past is romantic. Romantic, for me, is something you don’t know yet, something you can dream about, something unknown and mystical. That I find fascinating.

Both costume and fashion are about telling a story, except that in a ballet the story has already been written by the composer or the librettist.

My aim is a very modern Dior, but at the end of the day, I also look back.

I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.