I didn't finish my dress until about three days before my wedding - I had the flu and was stitching it from my bed. And the tulle came back from India all brown. We had to wash it for hours, but that didn't dissuade me from wearing it.

My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.

I love vintage and prints.

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.

It's good to talk to people and get ideas.

Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.

I'm a designer, not a businesswoman.