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.

When you work with great people, you learn - about film, about clothing, about life, about sex.

I try to be aware of technology and Japanese animation and old Belgian paintings, and get all my references from bits of everywhere.

I celebrate every culture. I love the mix of cultures and I'm never going to change that because that's inspiring to me.

You may say, 'That's naïve of you,' and maybe it is, but in my mind, I'm celebrating every kind of woman. That's what a creative person does.

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.

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