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.

I have no imagination about holidays, vacations, or retiring life. I can't imagine about those things.

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.

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

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.

I feel like I have become a living fossil in the fashion world. Without even noticing it, in my own collection I have moved away from the street style.

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