When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.

The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.

Women fight for democracy and engage in the world. But they shouldn't try and be copying men and be masculine; they should anchor on the home and build on those fundamentals.

When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.

I eat only vegetables and fruit, and to me it's the most aspirational diet because it's so easy. It's quite simple, the cooking I do.

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.