I was first drawn to active wear because I enjoy working out, and it's very important in this day in age. I really felt women were getting the tail end of the design in active wear; not getting the technology or design we deserved. It was reserved for men. We were getting the leftover work from the sports design houses.
Running is a huge category for us. To be able to run to work and have lightweight, breathable, windproof materials you can chuck in your bag that work on technical level but also on a lifestyle level are really important to me. I work out - and I think most people do - and I want to encourage women and inspire them in a way that fits in with their lifestyle.
I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of that, there were quite a lot of aimless kids around, in that 'other' side of my life, who didn't really know what to do because they always had a bank balance to fall back on and they were quite lost.
The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.
I used to get embarrassed about the fact I liked fashion. I still get a bit cringy.
Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.
I'm not offended or embarrassed by the fact that I design clothes for women to wear. So when I meet women who love my clothes, it's a really good, straightforward thing. It makes me feel like I'm doing my job right.
Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.
The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.
At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work.
I feel like a different person since my mum passed away, like I'm driving a ship with my husband alongside me and we're leading these four children into unknown waters.
Most male painters have historically admired the female form. It's got a lot going for it.
I get a real kick out of it, seeing people wear my designs.
I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping.
My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.
I think it's very wrong to have the mass murder, every single day, of millions of animals.
Sometimes I wish I were less sensible.
I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.
Whether you eat meat of not, you can be part of this decision to limit the meat industry destroying our planet's resources.
I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion.
I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.
If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record.
I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.
I don't use specific brands really. It's just that for my skin, I need as high an SPF factor as I can get my hands on. That's the only rule.
I think it took me a little while to be true to myself as a designer, and in some ways I'm still trying to do that. I have to choose things that come naturally to me. Whenever I challenge something too much or try too hard, it never quite works out.
