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" English women would rather go out and buy a washing machine than shop for clothes. "

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Self-Preservation

" When I was 18, my mum gave me all the clothes she'd had made at the famous haute couture fashion label, House of Worth, in Paris. Of course, I eventually trashed them all. "

" I'd never have a facelift, as I have never seen one that looks good. "

" To me, it is like a diabetic with insulin. If that diabetic stops taking insulin, they will die, and I believe that if I don't follow the 12-step programme, I will regress, and that could eventually be the death of me. "

" So many women buy these boxy, shapeless jackets. I always tell them to buy a jacket one size too small to get the right fit. "

" I'm very conscious about putting good food into my body. Years ago, I went to see an amazing healer called Allah, who could read your body. She told me that I can't absorb vitamins very well, and I have to eat the right things to get my vitamins. I've always remembered that. "

" In America, there's a programme called 'The Swan.' They take 12 ugly people and call them 'ugly ducklings.' They spend six months and have everything done - plastic surgery, teeth, everything. And then they have this moment where their family is brought in, and they are revealed. It's scary. "

" You don't find women with great confidence dressed as if they don't care. "

" Ottolenghi sells lots of delicious sweet things, but my daily addiction is their unbelievable dark chocolate salted caramel biscuits. They're the best things in the world - I go through half a packet every night. I bring them out after pudding at dinner parties. "

" I am very precise about what food I like. I'm very much a nursery-food person, and really hate chichi dishes. "

" If you want to make the best of yourself, you don't necessarily need to diet - you need to wear the right stuff. "

" I love the idea of cooking, but I don't like using recipe books, so I'll put a mish-mash together, and it might be amazing by total accident, or it will be a catastrophe. "

" We all know what we don't like about our bodies. "

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" I've a big bum and chunky calves. My husband says I've got elephantiasis of the legs. "

" Don't look at your legs and think: 'They're fat.' Think: 'These things carry me around all day, and I don't have arthritis. Oh, and I've got great ankles.' "

" I was a very unconfident teenager. I wanted desperately to fit in. "

" I hate trends, but I love fashion. "

" I literally change on the shop floor. I just stand there in my knickers sometimes. "

" I felt so unbelievably ugly for years. "

" Shorts are practically a uniform in every woman's closet. Tailored shorts are okay for running around, and if you're 18, you can get away with cut-offs. But it's very easy to make a mistake with shorts. "