Quotes from Kate Reardon

The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.

Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.

My favourite thing in my wardrobe is my jewelry.

When you first hear the name 'Max Irons,' you'd be forgiven for assuming that Marvel comics has come up with a new superhero.

Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.

I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job.

A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.

It doesn't matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners people will like you.

The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.

Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion.

There's a difference between being posh and being rich.

Posh is a way of living that can often be quite miserly and not about money.

Being chaotic isn't cute.

Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.

I have a beautiful Hellenistic gold and garnet ring - it's more than 2,200 years old, but it looks very modern.

There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.

The modern world is a meritocracy where you earn your own luck, old school ties count for nothing, and inherited privilege can even lose a guy a clear parliamentary majority.

When did you last have fun being dignified?

As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.

The genius of Kate Middleton is that she hasn't gone too far. She's still dressing in a way that people can relate to.

Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.

Conrad Black is a picture of a man hugely enjoying himself.

I think, to me, the sheer joy of fancy dress is that it allows you to take a break from our very carefully considered and constructed identities.

There's no snobbery or resentment from serious polo people towards those who just come for the party.