It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.

I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.

I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.

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

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.

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.