I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world

I have too much product, and I'm trying to rein it in and sell more of my main collection. I wish you didn't have to design so often; it would be good if you could keep on selling the same things for a few years and not have to do new things all the time.

There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.

When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.

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.

The best fashion accessory is a book.