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.

I ride my bike, I work out, I do a bit of, er, dancey things.

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

Most male painters have historically admired the female form. It's got a lot going for it.

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 beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.

I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.