At that time, anything could happen. The ambiance was almost euphoric. Suddenly, it was like all the talented youth in England had gained power - not only the musicians, with clubs opening everywhere up and down England, but the fashion designers like Mary Quant and Biba. Biba had a big store in Kensington High Street and Mary Quant was everywhere. People just had an amazing look. Everywhere was insane.

A place called Dandy Fashions opened on the Kings Road. Dandy Fashions was a tailor who found all these old materials and made amazing shirts and different outfits out of them. Right next door was the Chelsea Antique Market that dealt in old clothes from Thirties and Forties. Julie Driscoll and I would go down there and dig stuff out to wear onstage that was amazing. That was a different kind of Sixties look - it more went along with the psychedelia that was happening at the time.

Here were all these centres in town, and there was a marriage between the youthful image that busted out from the music scene with the young designers, and everything started to roll. It was a renaissance of a kind. It really stemmed from getting over World War 2 and the British economy getting going, and people having the guts to put their money into a club or into music.