If I had to define my philosophy, it would be about exploration, a journey, a story-telling.

I think of fashion as an art form as well as an industrial product - and something that has to be sold well and has to be of high quality.

Being a part of exhibitions is not a burden; it's another way for an independent label such as mine to reach a larger audience by exposing them to my whole body of work.

I can be working on a collection and a film at the same time. It can take a lot out of me, but the processes come from the same source. From a brief I set myself I can make a film, I can make a collection, I can make an installation.

I didn't have a business degree. I didn't have experience to work in somebody else's office. I never built or ran a department. So I was on this journey, and when the time came to make a decision, I was just going with my gut.

A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets.

The truth is that wreaths have never really been part of my creative life. I like them and want them and know how to do them.

Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes its inspiration from the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic of the Victorian era, silkpunk draws inspiration from East Asian antiquity.