I was struggling to find a way to make evening clothes more deconstructed. I like to think that I translated the Latin concept in a more modern way. I don't think that I was that literal.

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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.

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I love a black wedding dress.

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When you love something, every day goes by in 10 minutes.

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It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.

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I see myself as an arbiter of taste.

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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.

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