I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.
I look much more civilized than I actually am.
I love vintage and prints.
One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It's a Victorian-style setting that's closed in the back, so it doesn't sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant.
I went camping in the Maasai Mara and we moved site every night. I had no idea how spectacular it would be, how removed from ordinary life, or how many animals we would see.
Sometimes if I can't sleep and I am up in the night, I will start researching things - it could be an image I've seen, or a book I am reading.
I didn't finish my dress until about three days before my wedding - I had the flu and was stitching it from my bed. And the tulle came back from India all brown. We had to wash it for hours, but that didn't dissuade me from wearing it.
I am a control freak.
It's funny, because I sometimes feel that I'm most creative when I'm pregnant.
It's good to talk to people and get ideas.
My family is my number one priority.
I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director.
I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person.
My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.
I'm a designer, not a businesswoman.
If you've chosen someone to be in your bridal party, she should be a good enough friend that she does not want to upstage you.
We don't leave home without my daughter's doll La-La. She looks like a bit of a rag, but India is obsessed with her.
I always have a camera now that I've got a kid, but I don't think I've got one picture of anyone other than my daughter.
I make sure I carve out time to be with my daughter.
I think it's very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.
Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.
I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.
I love children. I've always loved children.
I love imagining being someone else in another time.
My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.
