My Best Experiences With Movies Have Come

When I First Started To Do Fashion Shows I Didn't Have The Budget To Hire Top Models So I Would Cast Women Who Inspired Me, And Ask Them To Walk How They Walked. I Was Doing A Mise En Scène, Which For Me Was Normal. I Love For People To See My Clothes, But It Was More About The Attitude Of The Girls. The Revues Of The Late 19th Century/early 20th Century Were Very Much A Reflection Of What Was Happening In Society And Politics, And For Me That Is Also The Role Of The Fashion Designer.

People Are So Codified - It's Sad.

It's Good That There Is More Support Of Diversity But There Is Still A Lot Of Resistance. I Never Saw It As Fighting For A Cause, Though, For Me It Was Spontaneous, I Was Doing What Felt Natural To Me. I Felt A Part Of It. I Have Always Been Attracted To What Is New, Interesting, Funny, Creative, The Good Things That Were Happening At That Time In The World.

For Me, Difference Is Beautiful, There Is Not Only One Beauty, And In A Collection I Always Like To Show Mixed Directions. When You Look At People Or Things, There Are All These Codes And Standards That Come Into Play Around What Is Considered Ugly Or Beautiful, And I've Always Questioned That. When You're A Kid, You're Not Conditioned, You Don't See Perversity, There's A State Of Innocence Where Everything Is Beautiful, You See Differently....i Am Lucky Because I Am Doing Now What I Dreamt Of Doing As A Child, And I Like To Think That I've Retained A Childlike State Of Mind.

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.