I was a communist, but being left-wing was fashionable. I was no different from thousands of middle-class kids.

I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be first.

Daring to wear something different takes effort.

Now, I'm not saying I'm fashionable, but there are sociological interests that matter to me, things that are theoretical, political, intellectual and also concerned with vanity and beauty that we all think about but that I try to mix up and translate into fashion.

The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.

The process of a date, I think, is terrible. Horrible. Because everything is banal and predicted.