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.

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.

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

I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.

I was so upset with what was going on in the world. I just couldn't stand the idea of being people tortured and that we even had such a thing as war. I hated the older generation, who had not done anything about it. Punk was a call-to-arms for me.