I Was Lucky To Have Parents Who

I Have Loved Corsets Since I Was Small. When I Was A Child, My Grandmother Took Me To An Exhibition, And They Had A Corset On Display. I Loved The Flesh Color, The Salmon Satin, The Lace.

I Have Always Been Drawn To Designing Fashions That Are Rebellious, Like Black Leather Jackets On Suburban Kinds, A Corset Dress, Punk, Blue Jeans. I Love That. Fashion Changes All The Time, And What Is Considered Extreme Or Elegant Or Luxurious (or Not Luxurious) Is Changing All The Time.

Clothes Are Expensive. You Have To Buy Them, And To Buy Them, You Have To Believe In Them.

My Only Fashion School Was What I Saw In The Newspapers And On Television

Fashion Is Not Art. Never.