I Always Wanted To Be

I Think Sometimes I Might Scare The Editors, Because They Might Feel They're Getting Old And They're Not Understanding It. The Problem Lies On Their Side Of The Fence, Not Mine. I Come From A Different Era And I Design Clothes For Our Era.

Let Me Not Forget The Use Of My Own Hands, That Of A Craftsman With Eyes... That Reflect The Technology Around Me.

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 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.

My Friend George And I Were Walking On The Beach In Norfolk, And There Were Thousands Of [razor-clam] Shells. They Were So Beautiful, I Thought I Had To Do Something With Them. So, We Decided To Make [a Dress] Out Of Them. . . . The Shells Had Outlived Their Usefulness On The Beach, So We Put Them To Another Use On A Dress. Then Erin [o’conner] Came Out And Trashed The Dress, So Their Usefulness Was Over Once Again. Kind Of Like Fashion, Really.