Fashion now is just so confusing. It doesn't feel as easy. Fashion seems to be in a much more eclectic place.

I didn't do great in school. I didn't have many options. I mean, I'd like to have gone to art college, but I didn't have the grades. I didn't have any qualifications. But I had some friends who were hairdressers, so I just thought, Well, I'll have a go at it.

I must say, Gisele's [Bundhen] got some of the best hair I've ever touched.

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

It's hard to be shocking now. It's hard to challenge people because the Internet has allowed everyone to become much more worldly, much more visual. It's very hard to surprise people.

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

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.