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I have become aware on my travels that when a country loses the connection between its history and its traditional dress, something truly precious is lost.

North Americans as a whole need to embrace having clothes altered to their body. I hear it all the time: why do the Europeans always look so good? They have a relationship with their tailor and spend the time and money to make their clothes look their best.

I grew up all around the world, and when I settled in a suburb in America, I didn't have any idea what I was supposed to wear.

I don't understand what modern clothes are about at all.

There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there.

When I'm back home, all I wear is African fabric. All I really rock is the traditional stuff.

It's fun conjuring what people will be wearing in the future. We exist in this world today, and yet there are people walking around who still look like they're in the '60s.

If fashion has a political significance, it is probably culturally, as a camouflage.

Indian-styled garments are very popular in the U.S., especially in areas near the beach, like Hawaii and Los Angeles.

We've forgotten to respect clothes and consider who made them and where the material came from. We've been encouraged to buy things and, if we don't like them, bin them. When I grew up, we'd repair things or alter them.