Kanye looks for the best in everything.
I oftentimes say that I design my collections off my phone. I'm in a group chat with my team in Milan. I copy and paste. I draw. I look at trends. I don't really have an assistant. It's a modern way of working. I don't know if it's sustainable, but it's how I do it.
I want to put culture on a track so that it becomes more inclusive, more open source.
Murakami's ability to deconstruct and his aesthetic and conceptual freedom have been totally inspiring for me.
For me, just as a social recorder of 2016, there's a new girl that emerged that can shop in between Zara and designer and still maintain a sense of her personality and identity.
My first degree was in structural engineering, which is super-boring.
I've always had this in some ways pessimistic and in some ways realistic idea that I'm the lowest rung on the ladder.
If you look at why people become wack as they get older, it's because they stop doing the things they did that were formative to their work. You can't mentally stay still. You can't not challenge yourself.
I believe in the romantic interchange between intellectuals about fashion.
My general premise is not about selling clothes. If that's your end goal, then all of a sudden everything looks the same, you know - you start designing by numbers.
I don't have the patience to be a non-creator.