In the 1970s, I used to buy opals and moonstones at the Queen Victoria Market, which were seen as old-fashioned and too heavy at the time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
I wear a lot of different jewelry. I love to look for it when I'm abroad or if I find a great antique or vintage shop.
I grew up in a time when Eames and Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright and other architects were putting their furniture and objects on the market. You could buy some of those objects on the open market. Eames was a huge influence on all of us in school.
I wear a lot of different jewellery. I love to look for it when I'm abroad or if I find a great antique or vintage shop.
I love vintage shopping in flea markets, vintage stores and even Ebay.
The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape.
Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends.
At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.
I collect candy packaging from around the world and believe it has the value of Pop Art.
I collect traditional Aubusson tapestries that you can hang on a wall. The last lot I bought were from an antiques fair in London.