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I try not to intellectualise what I do.

I feel very much that I am a human being, with human limitations, and I need to respect that.

I'm not interested in clothes that just convey a certain look or fashion. Clothes for me have always been a form of self-expression.

I don't believe in making fashion difficult.

I had my daughter, and with that came a deep sense of responsibility; my time for work had become precious, and it had to have more meaning.

I want to show my personality through my designs and stay pretty anonymous outside the industry.

I have an innate fear of fame. I've never thought being famous looked like such a good place to be. I love being incognito.

I was very, very eager to work. It's just the way I am.

I'm just not very interested in decoration.

I have a fantastic team, and it's much easier having children, because that creates a natural limit.

Things have to sell, of course, but if I don't want to put bags on the runway, we don't put bags on the runway. I have complete creative control.

Everyone wants new things all the time; shops require so much - there has to be consistency.

To offer women something that feels more about investing in something and less about being disposable is a complete corrective to the world we live in

We're in the business of luxury and there's nothing more luxurious than being good to people, being respectful of them.

The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.

It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.

I don't know whether that comes from having a family - having something very important at home that needed to be protected.

I just have to be very, very organised.

Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.

Women should have choices, and women should feel good in what they wear.

The chicest thing is when you don't exist on Google.

I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.

Build a wardrobe rather than focusing on trends.

My relationship with fashion is playful and very expressive of what I'm feeling at the time.

I decided to work on things that obsess women because women can't resist things like lace, sequins, animal prints and python.

Time is my biggest luxury. Finding time to do things outside of fashion, which I think for a designer is incredibly important.