I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.
Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy – but mysterious. But above all black says this: “I don’t bother you – don’t bother me”.
For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favour, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.
A pair of brilliantly cut cotton trousers can be more beautiful than a gorgeous silk gown...
A beautiful flower does not exist. There’s only a moment when a flower looks beautiful.
Fashion cannot make you sexy. Experience makes you sexy. Imagination makes people sexy. You have to train yourself, you have to study, and you have to live your life.
Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.
My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.
Colour disturbs people. I am confident in black, not in light. This dark side of life is attractive to me forever and from the beginning. I am a lazy designer when it comes to colour.
With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.
You can say that designing is quite easy; the difficulty lies in finding a new way to explore beauty.
Beautiful things are disappearing every day.
I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That’s why I’m always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.