“You’ve seen a few retailers collapse, but I think the big people will ride out the storm,” Philip Green, 57, said in an interview while wandering the 25,000-square-foot New York store. “People haven’t stopped shopping. The young fashion market has still remained pretty resilient during these difficult times.”

Kate Moss, Topshop Bring Oxford Street to New York in Recession – Bloomberg.com.

“I put all the clothes on myself and walk around in it, and I know what feels comfortable. I know how a dress should sit. I’ve worn so many in the past and when I see the photographs I think, crikey, my boobs are up round my neck again because the corsets are too short and not cut high enough.

“Like I knew I would spend a lot on high-quality zips because I have had my share of badly made zips. I wanted a zip that undoes from both ends because then you can either put the dress on over your head or step into it – and also, you know, going to the loo wouldn’t be this whole big problem.”

“I would rather run for 18 hours in heels and think, ‘Yeah, that looks great’ because it’s a long life. I feel panicked in a turtle neck.”

Sarah Jessica Parker in an interview with Heart FM in the summer.

‘I’ve been on the covers of Vogue, I’m respected in the fashion industry, Anna Wintour takes my calls…’

Victoria Beckham talks fashion while looking good in a  frill fabulous in a Bill Blass blouse for the cover of October Harper’s Bazaar Indonesia.

‘If I see a pair of shoes that I adore and they haven’t got them in my size, I still have to have them.

‘My boyfriend Rupert Friend and I just bought a house together in Richmond, Surrey, and it might not have a lot of furniture but it’s got a lot of my shoes!’