PPQ's Amy Molyneaux talks to FemaleFirst

02 October 2008

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Amy Molyneaux is the creative brains behind the label PPQ. Amy talks to us about new trends and eco fashion and also TV show One Tree Hill and how Sophia Bush's character Brooke reminds Amy of herself.

What have you been up to recently?

I'm currently in a taxi in Paris ,going to sell our new summer collection.

How did London Fashion Week go?

Really really good. We got a really good reaction for the show and we got some really great press.

Can you tell us about your new collection, what was the inspiration behind it?

Sure, yeah, it's based around geometry, with the letter P for PPQ, we wanted to move on from the cocktail dresses and on to a more softer look

What do you think will be the new trends for next season?

OK so next season is a kind of 60s 70s thing going on so I think there'll be a lot of flippy skirts and platforms going on. Then you look like you've got really long legs

Peaches Geldof has modelled for you in the past, how did that come about?

She was a massive fan and had lots of the collection. The shows that we were doing at the time were quite vampy and she came in and she'd bleached all her hair blonde and she looked amazing! We also had Aggy in the show and we were like "Oh you look amazing on the catwalk together". Peaches has got a natural kind of walk by nature. You get some people who are famous and they don't walk but she's really confident.

Peaches Geldof models for PPQ

How did you get into Fashion?

I was doing my A Levels at college in Hartford and I just looked at what I was doing in my art class and I wasn't allowed to take the pattern and make a print on fabric or anything, I just had to finish the picture and that was it and it was really boring. I wandered over to the campus next door where they did all these design technology courses and I just signed myself up for a fashion course!

You're promoting the new series of One Tree Hill, do you see any similarities between you and Brooke in the show?

Yeah quite a few actually. She's come into herself at the moment, she's got the record label, the fashion and we've all had difficulties getting people to pay us. I think the way they've portrayed us is directly true of the industry

Were you a fan of the show before?

On and off yeah cause I never really get to watch TV that much so DVDs have caught me up, you can stick them on when you want to.

What do you think of the show moving forward 4 years?

I don't think people mind really, you couldn't do it in like Coronation Street, someone's son suddenly gets biceps or something! But in this it's good. I think the audience grows up as well really quickly and if you don't do something you loose the audience. So I'm a fan of it!