My mother gave me a pair of diamond earrings when I was 13. It symbolised becoming a teenager. I also remember getting a collection of costume jewellery from my grandmother when I was in high school.

I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities.

I think people find it weird that I have a lot of long antique-lace dresses that I wear with boots.

The people who really know me understand that I have a tough exterior, but I'm actually just a hippie at heart.

I'm always "shopping," because I think it's important to know what's out there.

I really like the idea of being utilitarian. My dream is to edit down my wardrobe and be very Japanese, where you have one rolling rack and it's like your four T-shirts, your five dresses, your two pairs of jeans.

I'm really not into that super-crazy-colour, smiley-faces-on-the-front-of-your-dress look. That's not my thing. You're not going to see me in pink. Or anything frilly. Or a tutu. Or bows.