When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.

I have certain signatures, certain cutting principles. It could be a raw-edged seam; it could be leaving the lining of sheepskin exposed so it's not perfectly finished. I invent new ways to do it, but the end goal is always the same.

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.

Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?

We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great.