I like fashion. My mum was a dressmaker, believe it or not, so the consequence of that was that all my clothes were homemade, and I looked like a terrible mess until I was old enough to buy my own. But I love good tailoring.

"I always loved fashion."

"My hair is a safety net for me, so I love to have it down and full and relaxed."

"Dressing up is all about reflecting how I feel."

"Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated"

Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It's always sexy, and it's always with the same result: making women look fantastic.

I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.

I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.

I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.

Fashion is life-enhancing, and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.

I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'

I'm different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I've built this company up and I own it. I never had business hype behind me to promote my image... My image is real... I have never had marketing people telling me what to do.

I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.

Fashion has become so whatever. I don't think there are any stones left to unturn.

I very rarely watch my own fashion shows, but the makeup for my Fall 2011 show was just brilliant.

If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.

I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?

Personally I'm not a feminist, as I can't stand puritans.

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.