“It was the corner sweet-shop in Australia that first piqued my interes...” — Anouska Hempel Quote

“It was the corner sweet-shop in Australia that first piqued my interest in interior design. I went into this space with a mixture of apprehension and excitement as a child. It was filled, floor to ceiling, with the most incredible rounded glass bowls filled to the brim with bonbons, buttons, and sweets.”

“I buy the best fabrics from small mills in Italy. That is the basis for my clothes.”

“Design, refine and repeat, and keep learning all the way along. It sounds bland and pedestrian, but in fact, it's the reverse.”

“We design for a whole range of ages and body types, and we always have done. What's great about us is that the common thing that they all like is an accessible eccentricity of an accessible flamboyance, and I think the super thing about that, it isn't age-specific: you're not only dressing 25-year-olds; we're dressing women from 25 to 65+.”

“The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.”

“I studied video game design. The one thing I knew for sure about myself is I didn't want to study acting.”