This picture (above) was taken in Soho. I’d just bought my basket, it was Portuguese. I bought that basket many times. I knew the market was something that Serge [Gainsbourg] liked, so I took him there to get him some clothes. He’d just gotten his jacket — it was a ladies’ jacket in fact. And I was able to put him in old Russian countesses’ jewellery because he looked great in women’s jewellery. The fun thing was to go down the King’s Road with Serge and pick up all his clothes in the antique market.
Back then I had a tiny house on Cheyne Row [in Chelsea] — although not for very long because [my ex-husband] John Barry bought the end of a lease! We had wonderful Christmases there with Serge and [his daughter] Kate and [our daughter] Charlotte when they were tiny. This must have been just after Charlotte was born, so about 50 years ago. It was just a joy. Everyone we ran into was welcome to come for lunch on Christmas Day. We were opposite the Catholic church and it even snowed at midnight, it was so magical.
