Where did your interest in books come from? I learned to read very quickly as a child. I owe that above all to my mother. She decided, after the birth of my younger brother, to stay at home and devote all

Where does your interest in fashion come from? My grandmother, who was born in China, had a great influence on my aesthetic interests, including fashion. Her room in our family home was full of Chinese trinkets, jewellery, and original fabrics. That's

You left Afghanistan at age six, and in an interview you said: "there is life in the music, colours and flavours". In what way did that world in which you were raised as a child influence your perception of reality? The