Don't just eat McDonald's, get something a bit better. Eat a salad. That's what fashion is. It's something that is a bit better.

I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?

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 consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.