I love everything about fashion. I even love the fittings and watching it evolve from a pattern to a muslin to the final product.

I have this great fear of people - not when I'm on the runway, but backstage. In a room full of people, I really suffer. I sort of go into a tunnel and I feel very removed. I get so tense, I can't swallow, and my heartbeat goes way up. It still happens now, although I'm better at controlling it.

When I started in the business, I was told I had three good years in me.

In photos, I don't know who the real me is - it's all pretend, just pretend. There's not much of myself in my work. If I'm looking in the mirror and I'm working, I'm looking at my make-up and my hair. It's not the same as looking at myself.

I got so sick of my face and the flaws.

I love everything about fashion. I even love the fittings and watching it evolve from a pattern to a muslin to the final product.

If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time.