Penelope Chilvers

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500 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 2 Feb

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So perhaps it was that that got them interested in coming into the business.

But they also both happened to be very artistic and they've been a great inspiration to me as well in style and design.

I think, no, I love the idea of a family business.

And I think it probably looks like we're a family business from the outside.

But as I say, I think a family business means that it's owned by the family.

Yes.

I have investors.

Yeah.

I'm not sure if I could give advice on that, but certainly if I had a different kind of training, I would have,

thought about where I was going to be in three years' time at the beginning and made sure I had the funds to do it.

And I didn't.

I think it was much more a matter of just feeling lucky every day that I could pay myself to do something that I really love to do.

And I like to stay in that position as the creative director.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Yes, it is.

And at certain times of year, it's absolutely critical.

It's a complicated business.

Wholesale, retail, production.

Business is tough, isn't it?

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