I'm very lucky. The public happens to like me. Maybe they like me because I use every opportunity to talk about injustice.
The sexiest people are thinkers. Nobody's interested in somebody who's just vain with a hole in their head, talking about the latest thing - there is no latest thing. It's all rubbish.
The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.
In Italy they take cheap cloth and make it look expensive, but I take expensive cloth and make it look cheap. They just don't understand.
My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.
But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants.
When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.
We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.
I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.
There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.
Personally I'm not a feminist, as I can't stand puritans.
People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.
I used to always fight for human rights. I still fight for Leonard Peltier, who's spent 35 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit.
I disagree with everything I used to say.
What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.
We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning.
The last people with any ideas are young people.
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into this and find more eco fabrics.
I have certain signatures, certain cutting principles. It could be a raw-edged seam; it could be leaving the lining of sheepskin exposed so it's not perfectly finished. I invent new ways to do it, but the end goal is always the same.
I tend not to like an awful lot of what is going out under my name now because it is just all product. Who needs it?
