The fashion world doesn't know the word stop, so you have to make sure there are sublime moments every day.

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.

Sometimes it’s more a matter of collaboration which matters in a collection.

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.

Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.

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

I like very much to put on fashion shows.