Top 109 Quotes & Sayings by Natalie Massenet
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businesswoman Natalie Massenet.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Even if I am predisposed to shop online, I see bricks and mortar as part of marketing.
I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.
Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.
Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.
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.
If you want success, be unique.
You can still wear trousers and show off your ankles - which are a nice body part on everyone.
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.
Bling is good.
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?
It is a changing world with changing opportunities.
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.
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.
It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop.
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 thrive on competition.
100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
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 believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There will be too many of all of them. The strongest ones, the ones who offer the best customer experience, will survive.
Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.
As much as I love to shop online, I also love walking the streets on a beautiful day and seeing what finds I can discover in a small shop or vintage store.
I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.
Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
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.
For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time.
Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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.
Net-a-Porter offers catwalk fashion and trend-driven shopping, but for Mr Porter, while fashion is still important, style is key.
I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
You cannot underestimate the impact the Internet has had on British fashion.
I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry 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.
People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.
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.
I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
I see ghosts.
When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.
Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.
Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.
The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they represented a risk to department stores.
I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
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.
I'm the laziest person I know.
My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.
Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
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.
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.
The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
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