before I became a mother, so I think it definitely helps when you understand a child’s wardrobe. I had always bought lots of beautiful gifts and always loved beautiful children’s clothes, but it’s always been one thing for one person rather than an entire

, drawing 40 or 50 looks, but not only that, I would also write the reviews of the shows that I imagined presenting, like the reviews that I had read in the few fashion magazines that I had access to. What sort of clothes did you enjoy wearing as a child? I

placements, and I just loved it,” says Gibson. “I was only about 17, and it was hard work, running errands and getting everything ready for the catwalk shows, but I felt that I was in the right world. Design just came naturally to me.”Exciting times lay ahead

sister Jessie is a television producer. As a child, she felt different from everyone else. “I was a mixed-race girl growing up in Norfolk with a name like Windolene, of course I stood out,” she says. “I was also pretty shy. One of my reports said

Getting to meet Fiona Bell, founder of the children’s vintage clothing and textile company, Their Nibs, proves to be more of an adventure than I bargained for. We’d arranged to meet at her Kensal Rise, north London store. But upon entering the shop