Quotes by Natalie Massenet

About Natalie Massenet:

Natalie Massenet is 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.
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The fashion cycle is outdated.

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When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.

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I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about.

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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.

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You cannot underestimate the impact the Internet has had on British fashion.

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You can still wear trousers and show off your ankles - which are a nice body part on everyone.

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I always thought I looked kind of like Keith Richards, and sometimes I think I look like Michael Jackson in his mug shot. But as I think Keith Richards is pretty great-looking, I'm embracing that part of me.

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Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

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Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.

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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.

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My experience is in merging extraordinary creative content with innovative global commerce.

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Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.

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Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.

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To be a designer today is to be an entrepreneur. Whether you're a two-man operation in Shoreditch or a 3,000-person, vertically integrated brand, you need to have the wherewithal to run your business through investment, considering everything from st...

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Dear London, British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country. With your help, we would like to see these numbers rise for the good of our industry...

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If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.

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Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is.

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I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.

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My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.

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You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more.

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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.

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Author Bio

  • NameNatalie Massenet
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornMay 13, 1965
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire