Meet: Rebecca

Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain. I remember walking the dog one day, I saw a car full of teenage girls, and one of them rolled down the window and yelled, 'Marc Jacobs!' in a French accent. I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.

you're only as good as your last collection. Do you agree with that idea?

Go to a place where you're not going to be stressed, because a honeymoon itself can be a stressful thing. There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising. We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great. Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.

Fashion should be fun, it shouldn’t be labelled intellectual?

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style. I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together. I never like to think that I design for a particular person.

Describe your style in three words

Individual, comfortable and playful.

What is your design process like?

I design from instinct. It's the only way I know how to live. What feels good. What feels right. What is needed. Give me a problem and I will approach it creatively, from my gut.