“I’m a big fan of movies of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s and it was the look of the stars of those eras that appealed to me: false eyelashes, red lipstick, lots of blush, blue eyeshadow. Those stars had a commitment to glamour. It appealed to me not just because it was beautiful to look at, but because I thought: ‘I can make that.”

“You can be glamorous and not have money.”

“I’m obsessed with eccentric beauty… I love artifice.”

“Try a nice new lipstick, a red or a burgundy or a plum, not your usual beige-brown.”

“I think it’s bad manners to stand around in public with ripped jeans and your hair in a mess, holding a Starbucks.”

“I’m proud of what I created – ’cause I feel like I’m my own canvas, my own art piece.”

“I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute.”