If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.

I'm ready to do womenswear. You've always got to be inspired by something new - women have so much more shape and I'm about finding what to engineer around those shapes.

Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.

Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.

When I started, department stores were either very fashion, or very tailored, so the two never mixed. I mixed it, and they said you're too tailored for fashion and too fashion for tailoring. So I had to move the market. So that's what I did.

When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.