Georgina Chapman

“I make sure I carve out time to be with my daughter.”

“What an amazing opportunity to do something like direct a movie and step out of your creative comfort zone and yet do something that is also so familiar at the same time. I was also just excited to have the chance to direct, which I may never get to do again.”

“Photography obviously lends itself so well towards fashion. It's capturing that moment and that inspiration, and as a designer you are constantly walking through the world assimilating those visual references you have and so being able to solidify that into a photograph and keep it on your mood board is essential to creating a collection.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.”

“It's funny, because I sometimes feel that I'm most creative when I'm pregnant.”

“I think it's important for whatever you are doing, even if it's a collection, to seek outside advice. If your world becomes too insular, it limits your creativity.”

“I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director.”

“When I got pregnant, I became very interested in natural products. You wonder what you're putting on your skin when you're carrying a child.”

“My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.”

“Belize suits me because I'm active and I like diving. I learnt when I was 18, in Thailand, and I have dived in Vietnam, which wasn't great, the Red Sea, which was incredible and reasonably priced, and then the Maldives, which is like being submerged in an aquarium.”

“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.”

“My family is my number one priority.”

“I look much more civilized than I actually am.”

“I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person.”

“The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods.”

“I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.”

“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 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.”