"The Mail on Sunday" - U.K
Sunday, January 24 1993

By Victor Davis - Extract

"She is no advertisement for the show's high style. She came to meet me in jeans and an ankle- length coat for which she gave Oxfam 2. 'I refuse on principle to pay large sums for clothes.'

"She added: 'Evangeline is a completely contrived character. I know it is sacrilege, but the truth is i haven't a clue about fashion".

'All that twittering about clothes is very tedious. I have a limited wardrobe. I just throw on whatever's at hand. 'Why should women be dictated to about what clothes they wear? "

"Why should they be put under such social pressure?'

"She juts out her chin and peers at me from behind a wayward fringe. 'Louise took the scissors to her head and made a bodge,' she chortles".

"She's amazingly cavalier about the fine looks that first hooked the attention of a talent scout at the Woodford Green Secondary School in North London".

"Her first paid job was a Woolworth commercial".

"When the head-master asked the class what they thought was a suitable weekly wage for a school leaver, Louise said, '500'. " Everyone laughed, they all expected a rude awakening for me".

"Louise's family name is Perkins. They are from Eire and she is the fifth of seven rumbustious children. 'The good side is that you must have conviction in whatever you do. If you are wishy-washy in a large family of Strong personalities your voice will never be heard.

"The nicest thing I learned about this enchanting girl is that she quietly helps out at soup kitchens for the London homeless. However, she is mortified et my mentioning it, 'It makes me look as if i'm seeking publicity".

"The subject only came to light because, in "The House of Eliott", we deal with the Social conditions of the Twenties".

'Things haven't changed much'

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