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If I weren't talking to you right now I'd ...
Probably be working or swimming. I like to have a swim in the morning, a great way to start the day.
I wish people would take more notice of ...
Exercise. A healthy body really does make for a healthy mind. I try to exercise three to four times a week. I actually did a boxercise class this morning which was quite good fun.
The most surprising thing to happen to me was ...
Meeting Lauren Bacall in a Paris studio. She's just amazing, fantastic.
A common misconception of me is ...
That I'm a millionaire. That always makes me laugh when I read it in magazines. I don't know where they get it from because in fact I'm a billionaire.
I am not a politician but ...
If I were, I'd help the homeless. It's a crime beyond belief that there are so many homeless people around.
I'm good at ...
Listening. I make a real effort not to knock people back when they're confiding in me.
I'm very bad at...
Picking up phone messages. I leave them till my phone is full, then go through them all at once.
You know me as a fashion designer but in a truer life I'd have been ...
An illustrator or zookeeper. The natural world is a source of inspiration.
The best age to be is...
Being 26 was pretty good. There's a nice mix of becoming wiser with a certain amount of youthful foolishness involved.
In a nutshell, my philosophy is this:
The grass is always greener underneath you. I just made that up.
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