not a style that would appeal to the tastes of my particular customers. However, what I took back to New Zealand, was their techniques, their intense celebratory colors, their detailed embellishments, their expert use of beads and sequins. I worked on the new line for many months, and these are the elements I hope I managed to incorporate into them. I think they 've added an opulence, a romance. But I 'll only know I have finished the creative process when someone comes in and says that, no matter what, they have to have it. The garment takes them on a journey, and so my journey with the garment has finished.