Fashion was a very insider industry then - it was very closed. So I didn't really know what I wanted to do.

I think it's more funny how every bit of information is up for grabs.

I think to many people, textured curls still signify 'difference.' And kids like to pick on what's different.

To be a good hairdresser, you have to understand what the vision is of the designer or the photographer and then sort of add your thing.

The Brits always favor the underdog. There's an eccentricity to us, and I think you can see that through the fash- ion and the music and the way people look.

Beauty shouldn't be taken too seriously. Life is stressful enough! Hair should be creative and crazy.

I worked at a bunch of salons, and at one, a girl was going out to do a photo shoot for a women's magazine and brought me along to assist her. I remember going on that shoot and thinking, "God, this is great. It's creative, and you get to work with all of these other creative people." At that point I decided that hair would be my in to fashion and all the things I thought I would enjoy - and did enjoy.