I own my own company, so I've never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn't sell. I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them.

Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.

Don't just eat McDonald's, get something a bit better. Eat a salad. That's what fashion is. It's something that is a bit better.

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.

Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.

I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things.

My clothes are very popular in Japan.