The minute that a celebrity wears your clothing, that gives you international exposure and the best advertising you can get. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
If I’d really known how hard I was going to have to work behind the scenes to have any kind of business, I think I would have stopped. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
My grandmother, Amalia Pia Emilia Vignola, whom I called Nonna, brought out the fairy tale in everything. She used to tuck me into bed so vigorously that I never felt anything less than comforted, and then afterwards, she would sit on a cane basket box next to my bed and read Hans Christian Andersen to me. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
I attended speech and drama classes with a nun to help me gain confidence in speaking without my face turning red each time. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
From the age of 11, I was taught the importance of earning my own money. I would babysit, walk dogs, clean cars, and work at the local corner shop and the butcher’s. If I wanted to buy something, I always bought it myself. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
I would not dress Katie Price. Ever. It’s important to keep the right look, so it’s important to be dressing the right people. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
I’d like to think we can make a nice, glowing change to British dressing. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
I always think about my lifestyle when designing, so that’s being a mother, being a career woman, being a wife, and being a woman who loves to entertain. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
I would’ve loved to dress Diana Vreeland. I just loved her work as a creative woman and as a business woman – unpredictable, exciting, fun, and very, very clever. Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
What’s exciting for me is to make sure that people do still dress up – how do we do that in this fast-paced modern world, when we’re all on the move and all so busy? Emilia Wickstead Read Quote
