28 Quotes by Bruce Oldfield

Don’t take things too seriously.

Don’t be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.

Never cut corners, or accept anything that’s second-rate.

I mean, you can’t walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won’t happen – it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it’s enormous.

If someone’s got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that’s bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, then you can put anything on her and she’s going to look good.

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can’t afford to come here to my shop.

That to me was the most poignant part of Diana’s wedding; as she was walking up the aisle and her eyes were going left to right, looking at people and smiling in the way that Diana did – and that diamond tiara glittering like mad. It was great.

I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in ‘Vogue,’ but it’s far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.

I don’t have regrets because they are negative.