Dressing well is a form of good manners.

I don't think fashion has to change every five minutes. I'd like these to be clothes you can wear for a long time - ten, 20 years; pass on to your daughter. Why buy vintage when you can open your own closet!

If I was ever going to become a good designer, I had to leave America. My own culture was inhibiting me. Too much style in America is tacky. It's looked down upon to be too stylish. Europeans, however, appreciate style.

Anyone with a long-term partner, anyone with a long-term lover, if that lover dies, you could easily see yourself in a situation where you couldn't see your future and you would be living entirely in the past. It's about that loss.

At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom - but I have them tailored.

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.

British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than you see anywhere else, on every level.