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“I figured out who I was very early on - actually, at the age of 13, with the help of the Internet - so I knew that a transition, becoming a woman, was always something I needed to do.”
“I love costume jewelry, the stuff Givenchy/Riccardo Tisci do, and old school rock n' roll jewelry, too.”
“With fashion, it's all about timing and holding out for the right thing.”
“I would love to bring my mum to see me in shows and travel Europe with me because she has done so, so much for me.”
“I do have to thank my mother for my eyebrows.”
“I identify as a woman first, but I am also proudly trans.”
“I find myself to be quite sarcastic, and I wouldn't want to be with someone who didn't get that.”
“I usually wake up around 9, and the first thing I do is make myself a cup of tea. I drink a lot of tea - green tea, white tea, and all kinds of herbal teas.”
“I think we all evolve as we get older, and that's normal, but I like to think that my recent transition hasn't made me into a different individual. Same person - no difference at all, just a different sex.”
“The best songs/films/collections expose truths about life and make them universally accessible; they progress humanity.”
“The first time I came to New York - and the first time I saw the movie 'Paris Is Burning' - I learned about the homeless LGBT culture in New York City that goes back to the '80s. I found that very interesting, and it's definitely something that I care about.”
“I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.”
“I struggled to find an agency in London because no one knew whether they should put me in the men's board or the women's board. There was a lot of uncertainty about my commercial viability.”
“Women are not baby machines. There's a lot more to being a woman, so reducing them to that is quite disgusting.”
“My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.”
“My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.”
“To all trans youth out there, I would like to say respect yourself and be proud of who you are.”
“If you live your life on your own terms, you might find that people actually give you more respect.”
“When I was 12, I thought I wanted to be a witch.”
“We should give people the freedom to express who they are.”