Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.

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

I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.

I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.

The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. They are the only subversion.

Nothing is costed properly and it's destroying the earth. We need to re-educate people that what is good for the planet is good for the financial system.