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
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.
bought knew list three waiting weeks within
We bought 50 of them. Within three weeks we had a waiting list of 2,000 people. We knew we were on to something.
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.
brands less local rely
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?
content experience innovative
My experience is in merging extraordinary creative content with innovative global commerce.