I tried to put direct to consumer through a wholesales channel - the industry was just not ready to adapt and change. The other issue I had was with Jimmy Choo.

My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.

I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.

The truth is that we all have lives that are complicated. We all get hurt by people we love sometimes. It's laughable to believe that anyone is immune. The important thing is how you behave.

Its important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.

The thing about Uggs is that they're so comfortable. Once you've worn them, you don't want to go back.

A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.

I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.

My daughter is my passion and my life.

It's amazing how much resilience you can have when you're passionate about a project that you're doing.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful

But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.

You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

Society is secretly driven by sales

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Patience, increasing patience

Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.

Talent imitates, but genius steals.