Natalie Massenet
Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.Collection: Independence
If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.Collection: Finance
I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.Collection: Smile
Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.Collection: Failure
I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.Collection: Positive
Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.Collection: Positive
I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.Collection: Moving
Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.Collection: Christmas
Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.
My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
If you want success, be unique.
What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There will be too many of all of them. The strongest ones, the ones who offer the best customer experience, will survive.
I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.
I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.
Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.
People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about.
Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.
I envision a day when a businesswoman will be having lunch, and then her phone will ring. When she opens it up, she will see an image of the latest Marc Jacobs coat that just arrived in stock. With a click of a button, she can purchase it and then find it waiting for her when she gets back to her office.
Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.
Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.
Bling is good.
The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute to the incredible achievements that make London the best fashion destination in the world.
As a woman, I feel it's important to support causes that are important to my core customer, who is also a woman, as well as causes that resonate with me personally.
My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.
It is a changing world with changing opportunities.
You cannot underestimate the impact the Internet has had on British fashion.
The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they represented a risk to department stores.
I thrive on competition.
It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.
You can still wear trousers and show off your ankles - which are a nice body part on everyone.
Dear London, British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country. With your help, we would like to see these numbers rise for the good of our industry, our talented designers, and our reputation worldwide.
A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
I'm the laziest person I know.
The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
I always thought I looked kind of like Keith Richards, and sometimes I think I look like Michael Jackson in his mug shot. But as I think Keith Richards is pretty great-looking, I'm embracing that part of me.
I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
I see ghosts.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.