Hedi was and is still misspelled ‘Heidi,’ and my perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age.

The perfect integrity of The NewYork Times, and its writers, is not precisely ‘just silly nonsense,’

I presume my work has also always been about reduction without any distraction or after effects, outside emotions, or intimacy or complicity with the subject...

I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I’m not so much for sportswear. I think it’s over.

Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That’s what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too.

Since I was a child, my whole life has revolved around music. It’s often while listening to a song that ideas for my fashion collections formed.

I have a great admiration and tenderness for Azzedine Alaia. I haven’t seen him in a while, but I guess he must be still sewing some dresses at night.

I’m going to design again, but I come back when it’s the right project, so I keep my passion for it intact.

I thought I should work more on the idea that you wear a suit or a jacket because of the fun it can provide, because it’s a game, because it might even have a sexual quality.

Men’s fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality.