What was I doing in '79? It's the year I started drama school, and in the breaks in-between the terms, in the holiday weeks, I used to work in this American retro shop. The American retro clothing boom had just kicked off in London and there was a shop called Flip.

Me and my brother took jobs there in the warehouse and opening a couple of the shops, but they encouraged you to wear the gear. I remember that the kids that I was at drama school with were all into the leg warmers and stuff in '79, but I went in looking like the Fonz. He-ey!

They must have thought I was a... anyway. Yeah, I looked great, I was the best dressed drama student that year.