I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such evolution is necessary.

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.

I'm very scared sometimes that fashion might attack its own magic by the amount of exposure.

My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.

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.

I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.

It was a challenge for me to see how I could deal with that at Jil, and I had a lot of doubt about it. I wondered if maybe it was just better to do your own thing in the long run, like an artist.