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

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

When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice. I know everybody mentions Azzedine Alaïa, but he's been going for a long time in the system - showing to people, selling to clients - and I think it's admirable how he's transformed it into his own system in a way, but it's still a system.

I don't find it difficult anymore, because these days, Raf is only men and Dior is only women. I found it much more complicated when I was doing Jil Sander for men and women. It wasn't that it was the same, but I'm specific about where I want to go, and when you suddenly have to do two men's collections in the same moment, that was more difficult.

I’m very attracted to things that I can’t define.

I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.

My mother was a cleaning lady all her life.