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In America, they never make anything without first having a market survey to ask the public what they want. People only ask for things they already know about, so you don't get anything new that way. That's why American fashion...

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.

As well as being a creative genius, Vidal Sassoon was a formative figure of the Sixties. Along with the Pill and the mini-skirt, his influence was truly liberating.

When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion.

Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens and allotments hoping life would revert to how it was before the hostilities.

As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison.

In the first half of the 20th century, fashion was simply not a very English thing to do.

One day, a new fabric appeared on the scene. PVC was shiny, waterproof, and unlike anything I'd ever seen before.

Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence.

One thing I longed to do was to design a complete look, from head to toe, so I started a make-up line in 1966.

I don't have birthdays.

Jean Shrimpton was the most beautiful of all the models I have known. To walk down the King's Road, Chelsea, with Shrimpton was like walking through the rye. Strong men just keeled over right and left as she strode up...

Of course I remember everything I've ever worn.

I'm greedy, but I've always watched what I eat because I want to look good. I gave up butter, cream and sugar years ago.

I didn't get fat even when I was pregnant. You have to work very hard at staying slim, and it's a bore. But it's worth it.

I dressed like Leslie Caron as a teenager: soft school pleats, Peter Pan collars.

Britain has always had more art schools per capita than any other country.

I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today.

I liked masculine fabrics: Prince of Wales checks, city pinstripes, and flannels - worn with black tights, flattish shoes.

The miniskirt caused an extraordinarily powerful reaction. There were the people who hated it.

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