An important lesson: Things that look like an overnight success usually aren't.

I wanted to create a new way of looking at retail.

I think women do work differently; it's important to have both men and women. They offer different things.

I'm always perpetually out of my comfort zone.

Sometimes women entrepreneurs are their own challenge, [in terms of] believing in themselves. There is no need to apologise for being ambitious.

When I think about fashion I think women will never lose that appetite for fashion.

I wanted to help women and their families.