However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.

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.

The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on.

The hippie movement politicized my generation. When it ended, we all started looking back at our own history, looking, in my case, for motives of rebellion.

If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they're not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.