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I Was Literally 3 Years Old When I Started Drawing. I Did It All My Life, Through Primary School, Secondary School, All My Life. I Always, Always Wanted To Be A Designer. I Read Books On Fashion From The Age Of Twelve. I Followed Designer's Careers. I Knew Giorgio Armani Was A Window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro Was A Tailor.

I Spent A Long Time Learning How To Construct Clothes, Which Is Important To Do Before You Can Deconstruct Them.

It's The Ugly Things I Notice More, Because Other People Tend To Ignore The Ugly Things.

Fashion Should Be A Form Of Escapism, And Not A Form Of Imprisonment.

My Friend George And I Were Walking On The Beach In Norfolk, And There Were Thousands Of [razor-clam] Shells. They Were So Beautiful, I Thought I Had To Do Something With Them. So, We Decided To Make [a Dress] Out Of Them. . . . The Shells Had Outlived Their Usefulness On The Beach, So We Put Them To Another Use On A Dress. Then Erin [o’conner] Came Out And Trashed The Dress, So Their Usefulness Was Over Once Again. Kind Of Like Fashion, Really.