Quotes from Alice Temperley

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.

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 like the things around me to be beautiful and slightly dreamy, with a feeling of worldliness.

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

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

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

I'm a morning person, really alert.

Eclectic yet classic with a playful bohemian twist is how I'd describe my style.

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

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.

When it comes to shoes, I always think Charlotte Olympia, of course! Her footwear is always feminine and sexy and also just right for every occasion.

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.

It should be natural, and that's how I like women to look. I like them to feel comfortable and look organic.

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.

I love trawling through markets and vintage shops, and I make super-quick decisions about buying clothes. I also have my usual haunts I go to when in specific cities.

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

I'm really excited about the future.

I think I'd go mad if I didn't have a place to escape to.