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

Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.

A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown.

Dirty, stained, withered, broken things seem beautiful to me.

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.

Adidas is a very personal inspiration to me. It has enriched my creative life. It's an exchange between different cultures, different ideas, and most of all, it is teamwork.

Men's clothing is more pure in design. It's more simple and has no decoration. Women want that. When I started designing, I wanted to make men's clothes for women. But there were no buyers for it. Now there are. I always wonder who decided that there should be a difference in the clothes of men and women. Perhaps men decided this.