I always hate it when fashion is trivialised.
I think it's in my mind, and it's driven me my entire life, and it is to offer customers tasteful clothes at good value, meaning it lets the world - or more of the world - afford to dress well.
Price is nothing when it comes to fashion. It's all about the style.
My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body.
I love clothes. I've never actively followed trends, but I definitely know what I like and what I don't like. I think fashion is a really important and empowering thing. I don't think it's superficial, actually, I think it's very important.
I'm not sure people understand how important fashion is to me.
I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.
Fashion is fun, but it's not that important, really, is it? It's important to have other intellectual and creative interests.
I want to show people that tailoring has value, which I don't see anymore in men's fashion.
'Style Strategy' is about shopping smart, staying chic and making it all last. It's about showing women how to shop for value without compromising style.
For evening stuff, I like Topman. It's good value; it fits well. I surprise a lot of people when they ask me what I'm wearing, and I say Topman. They always expect it to be something more expensive.
It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a truer crucible of its inherent value.
My life wouldn't end if there was no fashion. But being stylish has never hurt anyone either.
There is unfortunately a world that still exists that dismisses fashion as being a little bit frivolous and the people who work in it are not so smart.
For the consumer, fashion is fashion. You can buy something beautiful for $20 and you can buy something ugly for $1,000. It comes down to style. As far as the industry as a whole, it is hard to say. I don't like to separate the worlds.
