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.

For me, women's ski wear has always been black and, again, not as feminine or sexy as I think it could look while still having the technology there.

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

It's incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don't pretend to be something you're not. Ultimately, it's unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can't expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.

When you think of fashion photography, it's a dream. It's like we all want to be those women. We want to wear those dresses.

People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this.

As a designer I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed. That's why I avoid all animal skins.