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If I weren't talking to you right now I'd be ...
Probably choosing colours for my next collection.
A phrase I use too often ...
"Hideously good" or "hideously bad".
I'm good at ...
Scrabble and table tennis.
I'm very bad at ...
Sewing. Luckily I have people who can do it.
I wish people would take more notice of ...
Plastic bags. There really are far too many around. .
The most surprising thing to happen to me was ...
Falling in love.
A common misperception of me is ...
That I'm nice.
I am not a politician but ...
It would be the worst thing. I don't know how they can sleep at night.
You know me as a fashion designer but in a truer life I'd have been ...
A sculptor. And I'd come back as a man. Things are much easier for men.
In a nutshell, my philosophy is this ...
Love what you do.
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