Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They're so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.
Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.
I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect.
Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.
I just wait because I think people will find me. And I’m not the kind of person who will knock on somebody’s door. I wait. If they’re good for me, they will come towards me.
Music is very inspiring to me because "true" music releases a true energy that is just inspiring. It's like when you see a beautiful painting or a wonderful film. You just receive this creative energy, and all of a sudden you want to create too.
Good fashion for me is like rock ‘n’ roll – there’s always a little rebellion in it.
I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect. You can meet somebody in one of my jackets and it can all look a bit wrong, but also human and beautiful. Cutting nonchalance into a garment is difficult, because you can't just make an oversized or an asymmetric garment - it will look ugly. Making it look natural is delicate work. If it's too obvious, then it looks fake. Balancing the garment is a painstaking task, because you have to keep in mind how the clothes move.
For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference.
I don't like to generalize; I don't talk about the woman, because the woman doesn't exist. We're just lucky that we are able to choose. Those who feel like I do, who feel close to me find my product and find my soul. Each designer has a role to fulfill and you can never disappoint your audience, because it's for them that you're working. Naturally you always evolve, but my collection is about soul, about power.
I've always been intrigued by cutout silhouettes. They are so intriguing, so poetic-the shadow of a soul. They tell everything about a character and they are open to be filled with one's own imagination.
Black is not sad... Black is poetic.
Fashion has a reason to be, because in fashion you can find new kinds of expression about human beings. It's my way to communicate.
Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.
I'd like to cut an attitude into clothes.
Who could imagine a poet wearing anything other than black?
Creating is a lonely thing in a lot of ways.
