I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.

Everything looked like you could run around in it – you could catch a bus!

I saw no reason why childhood shouldn't last forever. So I created clothes that worked and moved and allowed people to run, to jump, to leap, to retain their precious freedom.

I don't like showing cleavage because I get cold, and if I had fantastic legs, I might wear short skirts - but I think at 78, one's got to act one's age.

I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished because it's forever changing with the seasons.

I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.