I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I'm a mother and a wife, and number two I design clothes. So the main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

My mum taught me to have a soul.

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.

The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear.

Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.