Alice Temperley

“Red carpet dressing all depends on the climate. I think richer, deeper colours are more flattering on the body, but the opposite is true if you are in Cannes or St. Tropez where the light makes deep colours look heavy and unflattering.”

“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.”

“If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.”

“I was always in trouble at school for what I was wearing; I was never made a prefect because of the way I used to dress - I ripped my tights, my skirts were too short, all sorts of things.”

“I'm from the middle of nowhere in Somerset, and if I have too much stimulus or chaos, then I tend to not be as creative.”

“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.”

“It's a real luxury to have a studio all to myself, somewhere to start mood boards for the next collection.”

“Lingerie is my next love after clothing; I think it is what is worn underneath that really inspires a woman to feel beautiful in her clothes - that inner, secret glamour.”

“I grew up in the countryside and always used to wear my parents' Barbour jackets. It is a fantastic British heritage brand.”

“When I was a child, I was always nicking my mum's jewellery to wear, and I loved to drape a massive Chinese shawl around me from our fancy-dress box. I was obsessed with a feather and rabbit-fur collar from the age of three and attempted to make one with my friend, whose father was a gamekeeper.”

“My mother has always encouraged my creative side. She is a very eclectic, creative woman and looks incredibly glamorous, even when trudging about in wellies. Our family home is full of items from her travels and her amazing etchings and drawings.”

“My favourite finds are often antique pieces with a history.”

“You have to stay true to your heritage; that's what your brand is about.”

“I buy vintage - mainly Alaia and some Westwood - but 90 per cent of the time, I wear my own designs.”

“I like to be real. I don't like things to be staged or fussy.”

“I used to be frustrated about being called bohemian, but I don't really care now. If that's what you are, you should celebrate it.”

“I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance, she doesn't date.”

“I think that a woman that is elegant herself is somebody who can dress herself easily and effortlessly.”

“I have an obsession with details and pattern.”