All of my work stems from the simplest of ideas that go back to the earliest civilizations: making clothing from one piece of cloth. It is my touchstone.

My touchstone started out being - and is still - exploring the ways by which to make clothing from a single piece of cloth.

If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth.

My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.

I feel it is urgently necessary to train people who are capable of tackling the various problems we face today in regards to environmental turmoil and the relevancy of clothing.

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.