A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.

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

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.

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.

My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.

If you hear Anarchy in the UK today your hair stands on end. It gives you the shivers.

I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.