My Mother Was A Huge Influence On

I Never Wanted To Work In Fashion. At Age 12 Or 13, I Wanted To Design For Showgirls - For The Theater! And I Was Crazy For The Hollywood Of The 1950s: Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones. They Were My Idea Of Glamour - And Sylvie Vartan, The French Singer.

My Drawing For Women Is Really Curvy. My Drawings For Men Are Actually Quite Angular.

When I'm Drawing, I'm Drawing With The Light, Being Completely Open And Creative. I Can't Draw In The Evening. I Need Light And I Need Warmth If It Is A Summer Thing, And I Need Cold If It Is A Winter Collection. The Good Thing Is That I Have Houses To Go To Whenever I'm Working. I Draw According To The Place.

I Think I Have A Part Of Myself Which Is A Woman. When Girls Are Together, They Speak Completely Differently Than When There Is A Guy Around. But, With Me, They Don't See This Masculine Thing Stopping Them, And There Is Not This Boundary.

I Would Hate For Someone To Look At My Shoe And Say, 'oh My God! That Looks So Comfortable!'