I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.

I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.

Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.