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



Grunge is a hippied romantic version of punk. Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work. My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor. You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure. Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better. Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it. In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor. Jeans represent democracy in fashion.

I am no longer concerned

Those fashion designers are just crazy; but aren't we all? Fashions fade, style is eternal. In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and 
clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish. I'd like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they're wearing what they like and what suits them. It's not a status thing. Design is a series of creative choices - it's a collaborative effort, an evolutionary process. You choose your fabrics depending upon what you want to say, then you work with mills to get those fabrics. Through the process, you realize what you want it to be.
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style. There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising. The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed. A woman has the age she deserves. It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.