As a designer I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed. That's why I avoid all animal skins.

I get a real kick out of it, seeing people wear my designs.

I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.

I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.

It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.

I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of that, there were quite a lot of aimless kids around, in that 'other' side of my life, who didn't really know what to do because they always had a bank balance to fall back on and they were quite lost.

As a designer I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed. That's why I avoid all animal skins.