But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a

I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.

Everything looks better in the morning.

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.

I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.

You only get a short life, so take chances.

In the early days I was incredibly creative and productive - I loved the research trips, I loved the creation and finding technical solutions to creative challenges. I didn't need alcohol and the pills for that. What changed was, I was afraid to say no - that little word, N.O. Because I thought it showed weakness. And with more and more success I would just say yes. And keep on taking more work on - which took its toll.