“Couture has a power that ready-to-wear can never have; the attention o...” — Amanda Harlech Quote

“Couture has a power that ready-to-wear can never have; the attention of les petites mains as they sew; all that love and belief goes into the cloth. That's what you feel when you wear it.”

“I do quite a lot of art, with a small 'a'. I guess that is how I was dredged up, with paints and crayons. Even when I was at nursery, I knew instinctively how to mix colours, how to make purple or orange.”

“I think I am really easygoing. Well... as I was about halfway through that sentence, I thought, 'No, actually you're really picky.' But the things I ask for are really simple to do.”

“I'm not a pastor. I'm not a man of the cloth, but I have my own calling.”

“Her godmother simply touched her with her wand, and, at the same moment, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, all decked with jewels.”

“My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.”