"These days, whenever we have the opportunity to return to the New Forest, my daughter, Eve, now comes walking with me.  For me as a designer, a mother and daughter are often symbolised by two doves perched together on their own precarious tree of life.  Little Early is a secret area of woodland nestling into the side of a small hill covered in golden gorse and rustling grasses.  I first saw the white doves when Eve and I walked to Little early together.  With that image locked firmly away, and my daughter's hand in mine, my New Forest Collection was almost complete."