British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.
I am married to work.
I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.
Fame should be left to the film stars.
I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.
Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.
I think I should be a president. President of the United States.
I feel more Scottish than Norman.
I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.
I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.
It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.
It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.
The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.
I'm not big on women looking naive.
You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.
I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!
I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn't label that commercialism; it's more like I do this work because I want people to wear it.
