Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.

I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.

I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.

Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response.

Tailoring was considered to be a world that was very traditional, and basically going out of fashion. Fashion designers did not have a real link with tailoring or tradition, so I fused the two worlds together.