Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.

I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.

Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.

Loewe should be a cultural brand.

You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness.

If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks.

During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture.

When I think of Uniqlo, I think of things that are perfectly made, that people have spent a lot of time considering.

Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me.