Don't take things too seriously..

I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop..

Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas..

I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it….

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate..

I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion..

I don't have regrets because they are negative..

Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more..

Stay small and control it yourself..

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop..

I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Cha….

My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it..

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life..

That to me was the most poignant part of Diana's wedding; as she was walking up the aisle and her eyes were going left to right, looking at people an….

If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, the….

I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant..