In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially in London.

For me, creation can only come out of a certain kind of unhappiness. They say in Japan, this thing like the hungry spirit - the hungry mind - is what gets you going forward.

Fashion is something you attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction the meaning of it is born. Without the wearing of it, it has no meaning, unlike a piece of art. It is fashion because people want to buy it now, because they want to wear it now, today. Fashion is only the right now.

It would have more meaning for me to hear what critics have to say if their values and their ways of living were deeper and more serious.

What's good about many people liking the work is that when I want to collaborate or am interested in the synergy of artists working together, nobody ever says no to me when I ask to work with them.

Beauty is whatever anyone thinks is beautiful.

My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.