My intention is not to make clothes. My head would be too restricted if I only thought about making clothes.

I'd rather [the collection] have no title. Journalists like titles. That's why I give them to you.

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, I haven't succeeded in any way whatsoever.

I started with wanting to think about witches, about strong women who have special powers - who are often misunderstood. Then I found some beautiful blue fabric, so I made Blue Witches. My creative process is always like that. Organic, text, theme, subtext, each day evolving and trying to make strong, beautiful clothes. It's that simple.

The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might have come later, that kind of reaction to the boringness of fashion.

If you have total freedom to design, you won't get anything interesting. So I give myself restraints in order to kind of push myself through, to create something new. It's the torture that I give myself, the pain and the struggle that I go through. So it's self-given, but that's the only way, I think, to make a strong, good new creation.