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A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.
As far as accessories are concerned, I think it is always best to be as minimalist as possible.
Clothes can transform your mood and confidence.
Eclectic yet classic with a playful bohemian twist is how I'd describe my style.
Fashion moves so quickly that, unless you have a strong point of view, you can lose integrity.
I always knew I wanted to create. I used to sit in my room for hours drawing and making things. I once got into trouble for cutting up my mother's lampshades to make a dress. I was three.
I buy vintage - mainly Alaia and some Westwood - but 90 per cent of the time, I wear my own designs.
I can live in a bubble, I like not to know anything about financials.
I don't think many people would think I'm a designer. I behave in a different way. I'd get knocked down and cut to pieces if I went home and flounced about; this industry is known for the flounciness, but I've got my feet on the ground.
I don't try to be in fashion; I don't try to follow trends. You just end up out of fashion that way.
I get up between 6:30 and 7 A.M., and my morning routine is always the same: hot water and lemon, eggs on toast and rose oil on the face.
I grew up in the countryside and always used to wear my parents' Barbour jackets. It is a fantastic British heritage brand.
I have an obsession with details and pattern.
I keep only a small edit in my wardrobe because I think it is important to keep things moving through, and I like to find out which pieces from my collections work and which could be reworked and improved.
I like the Hotel Costes, on rue Saint Honore, a boutique hotel near the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre and the Tuileries. I love the dark, moody decor as well as the fantastic scented, candlelit pool in the basement.
I like the things around me to be beautiful and slightly dreamy, with a feeling of worldliness.
I like to be real. I don't like things to be staged or fussy.
I love long power walks in the countryside.
I love trawling through markets and vintage shops, and I make super-quick decisions about buying clothes. I also have my usual haunts I go to when in specific cities.
I loved being in London. Always walking everywhere, always out and about and always at markets, walking around Brick Lane and Covent Garden and Soho.
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