I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world

Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.

I have too much product, and I'm trying to rein it in and sell more of my main collection. I wish you didn't have to design so often; it would be good if you could keep on selling the same things for a few years and not have to do new things all the time.

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.

What I'm always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.

When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.