Fashion is not art. The aims of fashion and art are different and there is no need to compare them.

I don't think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself.

In terms of creation, I have never thought of suiting any system or abiding by any rules. In this respect I have remained free. The necessity has grown, as we have gotten bigger, to think about commercial aspects of the business more and more, because of the responsibility we have toward our staff and our factories.

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

In the sense that anarchy equals freedom, yes. Anarchy means freedom, but it also means chaos.

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.

It was also never wanting to be part of any group or movement or anything that was the done thing. I hated organization. When you have a group, you have a leader who is going to put down the rest of the group.