Nia: Your home is one big clothes wardrobe isn't it?!

Olwen: All my clothes are like children to me. They bring back memories.

Olwen: When I used to live in Covent Garden, I saw this dressing gown in a Gentelmen’s outfitters. It has red dragons all over. When I used to take part in protests during the Winter, I wore this dressing gown to London protests when it was cold.

Nia: You’re certainly a fiery person aren’t you?

Olwen: Well, when I believe in something and need to do something about it, I do it with real passion. I feel strongly about a number of things, we have to help all of these children that are dying all over the world and it’s important for me that I support peace movements.

Nia: You mention how passionately you feel about certain things, you’re passionate about your clothes too aren’t you?

Olwen: Yes, it’s something very creative to me. The material is the important thing really. If the material is good, you can make something that’s a little different. Nobody has the same item of clothing if I make them myself.

Nia: I don’t think anybody has an item of clothing like this either have they?!

Olwen: This was a gift when I went to South Africa. And the hat and scarf.

Nia: Your blue dress matches your eyes perfectly. This is the dress you wore for your 80th birthday?

Olwen: Yes at the Arts Centre. I made the dress whilst I was still living in Rome. I used to come back home every now and again and bought the material from John Lewis’s.

Nia: I’ve heard that you wore two outfits on your birthday?!

Olwen: I wore this black dress too. I made the red crochet around the neckline myself to liven the black up a bit.

Olwen: I wear my jet black necklace with the black dress. I think I paid about £25 for the necklace at the time but it’s worth much more by now as it’s handcrafted.