Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.

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 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.

I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.

I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant.

I don't have regrets because they are negative.