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 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 wedding was at home, so I didn't really want to wear a veil in my house. Instead I wore a lot of diamond hair clips. They were brooches, actually, designed by Lorraine Schwartz.

Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.

The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods.

I am a control freak.

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.