I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

The exchange by e-mail is more intimate than conversation - you allow yourself to say things you otherwise wouldn't.

I am always anxious to know what has happened while I've been asleep.

Fashion needs to be worn.

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing