Quotes from Dawn O'Porter

In Hollywood most of the films we see are all about the relationships between lovers, but as massively important as that is in someone's life, my relationships with women have always been really dramatic and powerful.

How lovely for a woman to feel her husband fancies the pants off her.

The 1920s was the beginning of the media age. For the first time people were taking influences from the radio, Vogue and Hollywood.

I have literally wanted a vintage business for as long as I can remember, but I am glad I waited. I've learned so much over the past ten years. So much about quality, shape and how to spot what truly is vintage and what isn't.

Women of the 60s revolutionised fashion for us. They took the hem lines up so we could feel young, and free, and do things like run for a bus.

I love the life in LA, it really suits this point in time, but London is home. I feel like I'm lucky that I get to have a bit of both, so rather than have to choose life just works out where I have to be in one place.

The vast diversity of looks from the 80s are why we mustn't ignore it completely, there is plenty to build a modern and relevant wardrobe around, and I am enthusiastically kicking my leg warmers in the air in its defence.

Art or no Art, 2015 was already going to be the busiest year of my life. I'm not sure how I'll make it all work yet but I'm feeling like a warrior and I'm prepared to work hard.

I've always had this 'carve out your own existence' attitude and I'm always encouraging other people to do this, if they can. Of course not everyone has the choice. I've been lucky.

I love the charm of fashion from the past, I love how the clothes were revolutionary and how they changed the way that women lived their lives.

Working in the shop has taught me how utterly ridiculous the female fear of knees is. It's a bloody knee. It's bone. We can't control our knees, our knees are not our fault. We cannot let this continue, we have to abandon this ridiculous new obsession and set the knee free.

I write well in LA, because the pressure is off and I'm surrounded by ambitious people who are really encouraging.

Apparently only a third of us know our partners phone PIN, so the majority of people keep it secret. I find that really surprising, I think if my husband's PIN was secret I'd be so suspicious of what he was hiding.

I still love chips. Chips are still my favourite potato dish. I struggle not to have chips every day.

I have ended up with quite a conventional marriage and family. But I still hold on to my younger self who didn't know if that's what I wanted to do or not.

We didn't ask for our wombs and ovaries, and this presumption that we have to use them because otherwise it's a waste, otherwise we're not emotional or not sensitive in some way, it's a really cruel diagnosis of a woman's character.

I used to hide behind doors pretending to be a mouse listening to the grown up's conversations. I always wanted to hear them plotting peoples deaths so I could dob them in to the police. unfortunately there were no murderers in my family.

I hold Twitter completely responsible for why I always just make deadlines. But at the same time, as someone who spends most of my working time alone, I couldn't live without it.

So when people tell me that dressing curves is hard, I tell them to look to the 50s as there is an entire decade dedicated to it.

So many designers now look to the past for their inspiration when creating new looks, but if you get one from the past, it won't go out of fashion.

I think the fact that all women get branded as the same, desperate for love, desperate for children, is just a really unmodern attitude.

I do think a lot of brands shy away from politics, and that's a shame. I want BOB to be political, despite us being a small independent company.

I'd love to whip back to the 20s for thirty minutes, just to have a look.

BOB is a luxury brand. The prices are lower than designer prices but higher than high street. We sit on the cusp of paying proper money for excellent quality without having to charge thousands for a dress.