Although better known for her fashion designs that are celebrated the world over, Nicole Farhi was sculpting throughout her career, attending night classes after a day designing fabrics and working on her fashion empire. In this interview she shared with me how sculpting kept her serene, how she would never show her work whilst she was still in fashion, so as not to distract from its importance to her. Spoken in an exquisitely delicate French accent that is as magical as her designs and art over the years, we chat about her career, about her upcoming exhibitions and why her portrait of her mentor Eduardo Paolozzi is her most precious piece.