Unzipped: Camilla Franks

Unzipped

Camilla Franks

AGE: I'm 30 years old

POSITION
I am a designer, in a way by accident

MY CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB
Was to be on the stage, which is in fact what lead me to my current profession

MY FIRST JOB
Was being a "Johnson and Johnson baby" and then in later years I produced music videos

MY BIGGEST RISK
My kaftans were originally created for my acting classes, but as Shakespeare once said, "All the world is a stage," and now I am no longer acting, but creating costumes for the world! This was undoubtedly the biggest risk I have taken in my life

MY BIG BREAK
Was definitely the aftermath of my launch, "Opera in the Cortile"

IF I WASN'T IN FASHION
I would be in theatre

MY PROUDEST MOMENT
When I remembered all my lines as Titania in A midsummer Nights Dream... absolutely breathless!!

IF I COULD DO IT OVER
I wouldn't it was too damn hard

MY MENTOR
My parents, my mother for her effortless style and my father for his astute business mind, and Bob Geldoff has always inspired me to stand up for what I believe in and to fight for global causes

IN MY SPARE TIME
of which I none, but if and when I do get some I will begin work on my charity project....and maybe catch up with a mate for a sav blanc

PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW                                                                                          I Also sometimes knit (badly!)

MY BIG IDEA THAT DIDN'T TAKE OFF
I have never had an idea that hasn't taken off, just a large backburner

I WANT MY EPITAPH TO SAY
My epitaph will make some reference to the laying 'Kaftan Queen', I just hope it also has a long list of those that I loved.....and that I will finally rest in peace