I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style.

Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed, it has become not so much an option as an imperative.

If I were afraid of wrinkles, I'd probably be hiding in a cupboard, because I have a lot of them.

Skinny is only one body type.

Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested with an ingenue face and straight hair.

I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update.

There is no such thing as a neutral therapist.