At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items.

Generally speaking, I am not interested in the future and don't believe in it. First, I guess it is true that I don't trust the future, but, more to the point, I don't even trust the "myself" of tomorrow, nor, for that matter, of the day after. Basically, all I know, and all I am capable of understanding, is the "me" that is here, now, the "me" that has dragged his past with him to this point.

Just listen to the material. What is it going to say? Just wait. Probably the material will tell you something.

I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like I was missing something.

Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study, and you have to live your life.

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.