Questions: Mary Katrantzou Resort '14

[Director] What's depicted in your dress?

Tower blocks and roses.

[Director] Where are these tower blocks?

In São Paulo.

[Director] When were you there last?

Two month ago.

[Director] Where are the roses from?

They're from England.

[Director] How many are on your dress?

I would have to count.

[Director] Why are roses so important to England?

The Tudor rose is the traditional

heraldic emblem of England.

[Director] Where did it take it's name from?

The Tudor dynasty.

[Dynasty] And what about the buildings?

Why are they called tower blocks?

They're high-rise residential and office buildings

and were made possible by the invention of the elevator.

[Director] Can you see anyone living

in the building you're wearing right now?

I can see a couple in Apartment 6B.

[Director] What other architecture is notable in Brazil?

The city of Brasília.

[Director] What impressed you about it?

That it's shaped like an airplane.

[Director] When you take an airplane to London,

where do you go first when you land?

The Mary Katrantzou Studio.

[Director] Why?

I can find dresses just like the one

I'm wearing now.