I identified very much with punk, not only in the fashion sector, but in every other sector. The very nature of doing something new and free meant something that was against authority.

Fashion is something that you can attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction, the meaning of it is born.

For me, I haven't succeeded in any way whatsoever.

What I want to express is a feeling-various emotions that I am experiencing at the time-whether it is anger or hope or anything else, and from different angles. I construct a collection and it takes concrete form. That's probably what appears conceptual to people because it never starts out with any specific historical or geographical reference. My point of departure is always abstract and multileveled.

Celebrity doesn't really affect the work. What affects the work is the expectations from the outside. This is what no one understands.

Most of the things I read from journalists are, you know, a little bit simplified and easy.

The idea was not to make a huge business, because the bigger you get, the more restraints I thought I might get. Number one was to do what I set out to do: make new and interesting things within the size of the business that is possible to do without restraints. The second goal was to do the business in order to achieve the first goal. That's what many people don't understand.