I’ve had good times; I’ve had bad times.
I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition.
It’s good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It’s DNA, it’s in your blood.
I never look at other people’s work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.
I’m interested in designing for posterity.
I’m mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.
Really, what I’m aiming for is world domination!
I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited.
The police need to come down to street level.
I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don’t want to see me.
I’m prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.
I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
I want to empower women.
Fame should be left to the film stars.
My relationships with producers or photographers – these are relationships that took years.
I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that’s how I got my first backers. But fashion’s a scary industry to be in, especially if you’ve not grown up with it.
I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.
I’m about what goes through people’s minds. The stuff that people don’t want to admit or face up to. The shows are about what’s buried in people’s psyches.
You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.