Stella McCartney

From an early age, I was very interested in all things fashion... and the change from tomboy to ultrafeminine glamour in old films. There was a Doris Day film I loved: 'Calamity Jane.'

If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance.

When I was about seven, I remember spending a lot of time in my parents' wardrobe trying on their bespoke suits.

I grew up on an organic farm in England. And I was a vegetarian from an early age - not just for health, not for the environment - just because I didn't believe in killing animals to eat them.

I guess my favourite Disney film was 'Snow White,' which has a really dark moment when the evil queen turns into a witch and makes the poison apple. It was terrifying in the same way 'Maleficent' is.

At times I make music, but in private.

Losing my mum. That was a punch-me moment.

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping.

Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.

Pretending that the fashion industry isn't in part based on leather would be quite stupid of me, but at the same time, there is another way of doing things - even outside of leather. I don't use PVC either, for example, because it is harmful.

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.