Veteran actress Joan Collins banned her dressmaker from making creations for fellow star Britt Ekland. The 74-year-old former Dynasty star employed the fashion services of couturier Maryam Owji, with the designer making Collins hundreds of outfits. But the actress forced Owji to stop designing for Ekland as well as herself in 1993. Owji says, "Stars like Joan don't want to give their couture designer away because they want to shine in the crowd. Britt was very upset and bitter when Joan forced me to stop designing clothes for her." And Owji confesses Collins didn't pay much for her exquisite creations. She adds, "Joan used to pay me peanuts, usually a quarter of the proper price, GBP250 ($500) for an outfit instead of GBP1000 ($2000), GBP2000 ($4000) instead of GBP8000 ($16000)."