Sienna Miller interview

Ever wondered how Sienna Miller knows just what to wear, all the time?

So have we.

After appearing on programmes such as Richard and Judy and styling for magazines like GQ and Loaded, Hannah Sandling is a fashion tour de force.

Here we find out about a day in the life of the stylist to the stars.

What time do you get up?
I'm an early bird so it's 7am every day, including weekends. I'm all about the mornings.

What’s for breakfast?
I have the same breakfast every day - a huge fresh cappuccino with skimmed milk and a bowl of porridge with a banana.

What time to you start work?
It all depends on what I'm doing that day. If I'm working from my computer at home then I start at 7.10am (in my pyjamas), if I'm working for BBC Breakfast then it's up at 5am and if it a styling day then I start at 9am.

How do you start your working day?
Five days of the week I crack out a 20k run around London or in the gym (I'm a self confessed ultra endurance marathon runner – I recently just competed in a 250k marathon across the Gobi desert in China). I then write a huge list of what I have to do so that I can keep organised.

What trade/fashion press do you read?
I read Grazia and Vogue like they are the bible, as well as Hilary Alexander's column – she really is the queen of fashion.

What’s a typical morning like? Meetings, brainstorming etc?
Mornings are always quite chilled out – it's toward the end of the day that things get a bit more frantic when I realise that time is ticking away.

Is lunch a wrap at your desk or a meeting in town?
I'm the Tupperware queen. I love baking and popping last night's goods into my takeaway box and then usually scoffing it down in my car or on a bench in a freezing cold park.

Do you still get the urge to clothes shop being surrounded by fashion all day?
It's a nightmare being constantly surrounded by fashion. You want everything. If I like something then I somehow always end up convincing myself that I need it, and that my life would suffer without it. I do however sell old bits on Ebay or swap bits with friends, so it's not too naughty .

What’s a typical afternoon?
My afternoons usually consist of running around like a headless chicken from one meeting to another, with my mobile stuck to my head whilst hunting down Starbucks en route.

When do you finish?
Like my start times, I don’t really have a finish time. But on average I would say it's 7pm. Having said that I did once style a pop video that went on for 24 hours! That was hard.

Networking eve or night on the sofa?
I love networking and making new contacts, but there's nothing quite like getting into your pyjamas and shovelling down your dinner in front of Coronation Street.

When’s bedtime?
I'm a geek and love early nights. During the week its usually about 10pm and then at the weekends I let my hair down and go to bed at 10.30pm.

What would you be doing if you weren’t a styling guru? Any other careers appealed?
I would have loved to have been a host on a cookery show – like Delia Smith or a full time property developer like my parents.

If you could offer one piece of advice to someone interested in going into the industry, what would it be?
If you are scared of hard work then this is not an industry for you. You have to be dedicated, hard working and passionate about it all.