I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.

They're not clothes that Ashley would wear. But the thing is, you can't stand out. At first I thought, 'I'll get myself a black Armani three-quarter-length coat', but then I was told that with Special Branch you have to blend in, so I could almost be taken for his daughter.

Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again.
(Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

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

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday.