"I was overwhelmingly happy to be living back in the positive and energetic Aussie culture which was no longer a design/fashion backwater".

"My favourite shoot of all time, with Lord Byron's great-granddaughter Emily as our model, overlooking the white cliffs of Dover"

"Our coat from this season became known as the 'Love Actually' coat as worn by Laura Linney in the romcom film of the same name."

"Afro and sequins, perhaps this was me channeling the late-night frivolity of the club that I had inherited as my new London pad."

"People ask 'Is it done by hand?' to which I reply that it can only be done by hand. Never can a machine mimic the beauty of an embroidery created by hand."  

"Recognising that my business perhaps had legs beyond a season or two, I took a major step towards financing and showcasing my Autumn Winter 1999 collection at London Fashion Week."