Natalie Massenet
Natalie Massenet
Dame Natalie Sara Massenet, DBEis a fashion entrepreneur and former journalist, who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. Since 2013, she has been chairman of the British Fashion Council...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 May 1965
CountryUnited States of America
filling item quite
When you see an item like that, you have to have it because it is filling a void. It is something you didn't know you wanted. It can be quite emotional.
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Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.
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Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.
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You cannot underestimate the impact the Internet has had on British fashion.
ankles trousers
You can still wear trousers and show off your ankles - which are a nice body part on everyone.
allowed life means work
Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
contrary trying
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is.
few knows motivating setting
In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.
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The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they represented a risk to department stores.
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I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.
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I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.