I wanted to feel good about the way I looked. I didn't understand why style had to be sacrificed for sports technology. I found when going to the gym women were wearing their own tees, without the technology. I started to think, does it make you run faster if you wear that terrible color or sweat less if you wear that horrible fabric? And I challenged it, and the answers were not there to why we were being given poor design work. It was something I wanted to bring to women's wardrobes.

I confess to being a frustrated musician.

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

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

I'd rather people turn up than not. And of course I'd rather have people be enthusiastic.

Most male painters have historically admired the female form. It's got a lot going for it.