You can't stay in one place. If you stay in one place you die. So you have to move forward.

I would really think twice about being a fashion designer if I was young right now, especially being an independent fashion designer the way I started it.

I'm really conscious of not doing something just for the sake of moving forward.

Every jacket I make has interior pockets big enough to store a book and a sandwich and a passport.

I had a lot of classical influences. I had classical music and opera and literature, but I also liked sleaze. And putting it together, sleaze and glamour, it just made sense to me.

The coolest thing is when you don’t care about being cool anymore. Indifference is the greatest aphrodisiac - that’s what really sums up style for me.

I want to have fun. And I want to enjoy what I'm doing.