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

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

I worked at a bunch of other salons, and at one, this 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.

I'm very lucky that I've worked mainly with two amazing photographers in David Sims and Steven Meisel.

I didn't know I wanted to be a hairdresser. I was always interested in fashion and imagery in a very naive way, but it was always an attraction, like glitter balls.

People comment, and that's where we are now. It's the way the world is.

Fashion is emotional, and the way women look at it is emotional, so it's very important to try to connect with a woman's idea of how she might feel.