Fashion first drew me to the beauty world. I was a kid in the 1960s. We were the post-war youth generation — the first that didn’t dress like our parents. And the 1970s were the best time to be a teenager. There was the cult of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie. The fashion tribes were emerging… We had the most fantastic golden years of growth, inspiration and freedom to be who you are.
I think David Bowie has inspired my career most. He completely changed his persona through fashion, hair and make-up every few years. Seeing the power of that as a teenager affected me profoundly. He made “different” acceptable and aspirational.
