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All of my work stems from the simplest of ideas that go back to the earliest civilizations: making clothing from one piece of cloth. It is my touchstone.

My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.

If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth.

Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.

I design some of my own clothes now.

I've managed to keep my clothes on for everything I've done so far.

Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture.

Clothing started as an armor for me. It was one of the ways that I protected myself from the world. It evolved into a form of creative expression.

I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.

I grew up in the age of polyester. When I got to touch real silk, cotton and velvet, the feel of nonsynthetic fabrics blew me away. I know it's important how clothing looks, but it's equally important how it feels on your skin.