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.

I like the Chinese proverb: If a horse is yours, it will always come back!

I disagree with everything I used to say.

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

I'm different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I've built this company up and I own it. I never had business hype behind me to promote my image... My image is real... I have never had marketing people telling me what to do.

Save the rainforest for your loved ones

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.