Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.

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

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

At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door.

The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they're not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.

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.