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In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes.

I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.

All I've ever wanted to do is design and make; it's what I love doing.

I'm trying to build a brand. I'm not just doing one-off projects.

You have to be very brave and very entrepreneurial - you have to dare to create your own brand.

I came to the big city and I started to get involved in the punk scene and stuff, and I wanted to sort of brand myself. I made a pretty conscious effort to be a different type of person.

My job at the end of the day is to design timeless, desirable, beautiful products. It's not about just designing a bunch of organic jumpers. I have a balance within the brand. If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance.

Even before I was discovered in 1966, I used to make my own clothes. I learned how to sew early on, and it's still my passion now. I constantly have ideas in my head about clothes so jumped at the chance to do my own collection and am very hands-on. Everything I design, I wear and I love.

Definitely, starting my own brand would be really exciting.

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.