Natalie Massenet
Natalie Massenet
Dame Natalie Sara Massenet, DBEis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 May 1965
CountryUnited States of America
Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
people
People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
mr offers
Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.
brands environment
Net-a-porter is an environment where a woman can really indulge, browsing through more than 160 brands in our fashion playground.
famous people
My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.
assumption false money people time
It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
love
I love contemporary culture. Even the stuff I don't like.
work
I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
borrowed came laptop
I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.
appealing customers
Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
people reality redefine
People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
embracing looked michael richards
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.
alto business finance launching outset teenager
If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.
art business critical designers failed meant tendency
A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.