Words matter. These are the best Natalie Massenet Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
When I was a teenager, a psychic told me, ‘Your biggest challenge will be life-work balance.’ That’s certainly turned out to be true!
When I started Net-a-Porter, I knew nothing. And I was pregnant. Starting a new venture and being pregnant for the first time are pretty similar in many ways. If you knew what was going to happen to you, you wouldn’t venture down that road.
Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I’m one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.
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.
I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it’s all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Audrey Hepburn has influenced me.
People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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.
The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute to the incredible achievements that make London the best fashion destination in the world.
Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression – with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.
My dad taught me never to be afraid of what’s on the other side of the mountain.
I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.
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, our talented designers, and our reputation worldwide.
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.
You can still wear trousers and show off your ankles – which are a nice body part on everyone.
People always say to me, ‘You’ve really strived to redefine retail.’ But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
When I’m working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I’m not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
I envision a day when a businesswoman will be having lunch, and then her phone will ring. When she opens it up, she will see an image of the latest Marc Jacobs coat that just arrived in stock. With a click of a button, she can purchase it and then find it waiting for her when she gets back to her office.
Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it’s the land of the American dream.
I don’t work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don’t work out.
It’s a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 – wherever they are, whenever they have time.
A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
I love contemporary culture. Even the stuff I don’t like.
Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.
Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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.
The only time I can’t sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
Bling is good.
I see ghosts.
Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.
I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
Women just love to shop.
My experience is in merging extraordinary creative content with innovative global commerce.
My personal ambition remains the same – to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.
Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.
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.
I don’t get manicures, pedicures. I don’t get my hair done as often as I should.
Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
I just wear what I like, and lots of it is British.
Anna Wintour has guided me.
Don’t let the American accent fool you. I am British.
What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It’s a ‘with hindsight’ thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, ‘That was genius.’
I’ve taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
Brands will increasingly handle their own e-commerce and rely less and less on local distribution partners. Why should they give away their profit margins?
I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.
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.
If you’re a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.
It is a changing world with changing opportunities.
You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women – in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra.
