Is it true that you�re a bit of a shopaholic when it comes to clothes?

Oh God, that�s so embarrassing. I�m not that much of a shopaholic. I just know what I like and I tend to buy it a lot.

Does your fashion sense impact upon Darla?

I think the most important thing about Darla�s sense of fashion and the influence I�ve had on her is [that] throughout the time period Darla�s always been dressed to the nines and she fully goes after a certain look. If she�s going to be living during the Boxer Rebellion time, she�s got the big Gibson Girl hair style and the beautiful kimono-style clothes.

It�s almost like she�s an actor herself and dressing the part. And in the beginning of the Buffy series when she was trying [to look] like a High School student and wearing Catholic schoolgirl uniforms. It wasn�t just enough to wear a regular school uniform. It had to be a Catholic schoolgirl uniform, you had that little twist and that little flair to it.

Myself, I think I influenced Darla fashion-wise in the second season of Angel where she was a little more classic-looking, a little more interesting colours, no prints, tailored [She] then eventually moved into the leather pants and the little hipper look when she became a vampire. That was collaboration between myself and the costumer designer.

That�s probably more how I dress myself, which is very classic. You�ll never see me in a large, heavy print. I just can�t pull it off, I wish I could but I can�t. I�m more of very classic lines, with a little bit of a flair - but not much.