All that self-expression has just created a generation of morons, hooked on an endless appetite for rubbish.

My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because they keep on telling a story. They are still telling it.

At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door.

I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.

Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.

It's better to look important than sexy.

I very rarely watch my own fashion shows, but the makeup for my Fall 2011 show was just brilliant.