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I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.

I started dressing vintage when I was a teenager because I didn't have money for designer clothes.

Clothes were terribly important in the '20s. They really were an arbiter of who you were and how much money you had: an indicator of social status.

A lot of my collections are informed by nostalgia. I think that's because I loved clothes early on. I remember, at maybe age five, being concerned about what I wore, right down to the underwear.

I grew up in an era when money was not readily available. We were into the post-Depression years and World War II.

I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage.

Basically, I always go to vintage shops rather than going shopping for new clothes.

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

What I always loved about vintage clothes is that you let the woman who wore it before you live on in some way.