There’s always something in most world folk musics that always seems connected; whether it’s a bagpipe or a tambura, there’s always some sort of drone instrument, and there’s always percussion.
I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who’s just like Bush’s lapdog. I think everyone’s just disillusioned with politics in our country, and it must be the same in your country.
In the past we used to come over to see what was going on in London or Paris or Milan or wherever – it’s pretty much the same stuff everywhere [now], and people are wearing the same things, because it’s all instantaneous with the Internet.
In my world [of fashion] there’s more things that kind of affect it. There’s the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team… Everybody has opinions, and so you definitely have to filter through a lot.
I wear jeans and a T-shirt sometimes. I just like clothes – since the first time I can remember, like age ten or eleven; I was just obsessed with music and clothes. Just like a lot of people in England from my generation.