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
five people women year zeitgeist
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.
hard people
People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'
acquire appetite invest people
We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
good people talk twice
Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.
people
People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
famous people
My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.
assumption false money people time
It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
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.
knew pregnant similar starting time venture
When I started Net-a-Porter, I knew nothing. And I was pregnant. Starting a new venture and being pregnant for the first time are pretty similar in many ways. If you knew what was going to happen to you, you wouldn't venture down that road.
jonathan richard worked
It's interesting to see how some of the womenswear designers that we have long worked with at Net-A-Porter are developing menswear collections - Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders and Richard Nicoll.
causes core resonate
As a woman, I feel it's important to support causes that are important to my core customer, who is also a woman, as well as causes that resonate with me personally.
shop
Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.
british cannot impact internet
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.