I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.

My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.

I shopped for body shapers for the first time in my life and I was horrified. They were thick - it was like wearing workout clothes and they all had a leg band on one side that showed through the pants.

I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.

The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's up.