My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children.

We need to articulate luxury differently. We live in the world of the 'like' culture. As a society, we're consuming so much imagery, it's like gorging on sugar, and the only way to find depth in a 'like' culture is by presenting the unknown.

I think I am obsessed with Lucie Rie. I love the way she collaborated with Miyake, who for me is probably the most important fashion designer of the 20th century.

When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.

To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine.

The team I have to work with at Loewe is incredible, from the architect to the archivist.

Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process.

I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash.

Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping.

For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.

I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does.

I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.'

I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.

I'm completely dyslexic - it's the writing part. People read what I've written, and they have no idea what I'm trying to say.

I've always been massively aware of clothing.

Doing something with Uniqlo means you come up with a wardrobe which is universal and quirky.

We have this perceived illusion of what the fashion designer does. As an industry, we make it out that this one individual changes the entire face of the earth. I have never said 'me'; it's always 'we.' I am just the big salesman.

In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it.

I'm really into very 'naive craft,' like Second World War playing cards.

Part of the reason Loewe has diversified into so many other categories is because what we can't do any more is simply say, 'Here's more stuff you can buy.'

As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier.

I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.

I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years.

You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal.

My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him.

I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do.

The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'

I'm not the best at getting myself breakfast, but if I do, I'll normally have toast and marmalade.

Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.

I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly.

I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.

I think ceramics are so amazing because they're incredibly educational - you can buy something made in the 14th century, and it looks like it was made yesterday. There's something to be learned there, and ceramics can tell you the history of the time because they're functional vessels, ultimately.

To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was.

I love the immediacy of Instagram. My feed really is my train of thought. If I'm really excited about something, I'll just put it up.

I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit.

I would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process.

I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating.

I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on.

I grew up during one of Northern Ireland's most complex periods.

For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy.

The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out.

I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.

When I was younger, we went to Ibiza a lot because my parents bought an apartment there. I feel like that has always stuck with me.

When I became a teenager, I got very into clothing. I remember cutting Gucci advertisements and sticking them on my wall.

People get bored very quickly.

I think, in history, everything is about the remix.

No one reads anything. They just look at images.

I try to live my life free of regrets, but I do have one style regret that makes me laugh and cringe at the same time. Mum used to dress my brother and me in bright neon bike pants and big baggy t-shirts that were so long you could barely see our bike pants.

For me, fashion should always be evolving so it remains exciting and unexpected.

Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.