Do you consider yourself to be a trend-setter because of the high profile of Buffy and the fashions in the show?

People tell me that I am a trend-setter. I don't consider myself a trend-setter, I consider myself a costume designer, and that's really an honour to me when people say that.

It's certainly nothing that I set out to do. I am given so much freedom and so much creativity here, and I think dressing somebody like Sarah Michelle Geller helps as well. I have been told that and it's a great compliment.

Do you find that Sarah or Joss try to influence your designs, or do you have free reign to develop looks for the characters?

In the beginning Joss definitely told me what he was looking for and what he wanted. As time has gone on - I've been on the show for five seasons now and I know the characters like the back of my hand - it's become my decision as to what I put them in. Fortunately everybody loves it, so it works.