I have no regrets. I've got my health.

Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no', then I find another way to get my 'yes.'

I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went to school.

I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either.

I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United States. It was one of my first big jobs, a shoot for British Elle. It was April 14, 1986.

My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I've got that from her, I know she's a fighter.

You see all races in music, and in dance and theatre, so why can't we see it in fashion?