I loved the idea that people dressed up to go to the gardens. Our work always has a utility point of view at its heartbeat and then other things come around it, so it really allowed us to use denims and suedes and gauzes, and those sorts of hard-working fabrics - workwear fabrics - and then contrast them with crepe de chine, beautiful florals and big jewelry.

Always take one last look in a full-length mirror before leaving the house.

I have my name down for the Apple Watch and yoga. I know it's a cliché but I need that antidote, it helps with everything.

You never really know if it's going to happen or not do you but the vision was always for [Karen Walker] to be a global niche luxury product.

Body-con dresses have never been something I've been into.

The first design I created was a circular skirt for my Barbie when I was 7.

In this [fashion] business you're living in the future a lot of the time.