I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.

The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person.

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

You can get insular with fashion.