I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.

My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

My clothes are very popular in Japan.

Fasion is about eventually becoming naked.

I have a company, and I've got to think about that. I'm trying to do my best there, and that's a much harder task. We recycle as much as possible, and we conserve. But I've always been one to save everything - I even walk up stairs on the very inside or the very outside to not wear out the tread.

There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked.