When I was younger, we went to Ibiza a lot because my parents bought an apartment there. I feel like that has always stuck with me.

I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.

The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out.

For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy.

I grew up during one of Northern Ireland's most complex periods.

I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on.

I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating.

I would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process.

I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit.

I love the immediacy of Instagram. My feed really is my train of thought. If I'm really excited about something, I'll just put it up.

To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was.

I think ceramics are so amazing because they're incredibly educational - you can buy something made in the 14th century, and it looks like it was made yesterday. There's something to be learned there, and ceramics can tell you the history of the time because they're functional vessels, ultimately.

I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.

I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly.

Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.

I'm not the best at getting myself breakfast, but if I do, I'll normally have toast and marmalade.

The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'

I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do.

My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him.

You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal.

I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.

I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.

As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier.

Part of the reason Loewe has diversified into so many other categories is because what we can't do any more is simply say, 'Here's more stuff you can buy.'