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.

All hair is away from the face - there's no emotion and all of the personality is taken away. I envisioned the way a 'virtual girl' is drawn in a cartoon. Then I added these different colored extensions - white, red and black, which adds to the synthetic feeling of the hair. I used colors which looked most dramatic against each of the models' real hair. The different colors give you that pop of fakeness so we're not talking about reality. Like a futuristic princess.

As the older ones, to understand that it is a different time, and young people look at fashion in a different way . . . It's just different. If we harp on about it, they'll feel like we're just old fuddy-duddies, so I just kind of get on with it. I still feel I've got things to say.

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

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

I think now because of this whole social media thing, people obviously felt these things [about cultural appropriation] before, and they comment on everything.

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