If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today.

I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

When I really treat myself, I go to incredible Leonor Greyl in Paris for a head massage.

The best part of work is always working with people and getting to know them and having the sense that you're not actually working.