1. What makes you happy?                                                                            

The sweet smell of spring.

2. Which piece of clothing makes you the happiest?
My beige bag-top.

3. Things you can't live without...
Coffee with milk when I wake up in the morning, and Birkenstocks.

4. Why are you crazy about fashion?
Because it is all around us, no matter where you look, and we're all part of it even if you look terrible. I sense it at the strangest moments. I think it's wonderful to be able to change something thanks to my collections, to have something to say somewhere.

5. What's the message of your most recent show?
How I'm trying to pull your leg.

6. Can fashion make the world a better place?
Well-designed clothes can achieve that. Better working conditions in factories can achieve that. And more individuality in fashion can do that.

7. What's the status of fashion today?
The bubble has burst.

8. What's your happiest moment so far?
My second show, ‘la fille simon', which I staged in the open air. While we were setting it up it was raining, but the sun broke through at the moment the show was starting. People had dragged themselves through the mud on high heels, and they watched the show sitting on little stools with glasses of jenever in their hands.

9. What's the colour of happiness?
Grey?

10. What's your wish for the future?
Becoming better in what I do. Trusting my intuition. Buying an old VW camper van.