Suddenly it was cool to have your hair lank . . . It was a whole different way of looking at things, and it shook up the whole industry.

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

Someone might say that's a naïve way of looking at things now, and I would respect their opinion, but I also respect every woman's right to wearing her own individual style, including hair.

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.

When you look back at your career, there are moments that are levels that you hit and you bounce off them.

I was building my work, and it took me a long time. For a good five or six years I was just kind of bobbing around, doing everything and anything.

When you respect somebody who has talent, whether it's a designer or a photographer, then you don't want to let yourself down - but you also really don't want to let them down.