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When I was starting, there were wool mills in the U.S. that could make you anything. The U.S. used to produce the most beautiful cotton denim in the world. Now all that is gone.

My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.

I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world.

I buy the best fabrics from small mills in Italy. That is the basis for my clothes.

I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.

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

It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed.

When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion.

It was never my desire to revolutionize fashion, to make clothes that could be in a museum. I want to create clothes that have a certain style, but I want to see them used. I want to see people enjoy the things I've made.

It's like recycling: selling old clothes to help make new ones.