Customers want to buy something which is not expensive because of a label but which is costly because of the time taken to produce it.

Sometimes I make it to parties and sometimes I don't. Social life is always something you can go back to.

I rarely have time for lunch, so tend to have a big breakfast and big dinner.

People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.

My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like Harry Potter without the magic. Sometimes we went into town, and if we were caught chewing gum in our uniform, members of the public would take down our names and report us to the school.

My creative side is identifying all these great entrepreneurial creative people that come up with great ideas, whether they are in fashion or technology or a new tool to improve ourselves.