British fashion designer, Amy Molyneaux, best known for her immutable VIP girl dresses, can be held responsible for the rise of many a debutante in and around London, as well as on the international scene.

These days she lives in Madrid. Having not long having returned to Spain after London Fashion Week, Euro Weekly News caught up with Amy to discuss how life and culture in Spain are compared to the UK.

EWN: What has been the most difficult aspect of adapting to Spanish life?

Amy Molyneaux: ‘I have missed the way that culture works in the UK. When I have approached people in fashion here about collaborating on projects like the way I used to London, they don’t quite get the concept of pooling skills in the same way. In the past, if someone had a shop that was really struggling, I would say, let’s do an event together. Here they don’t really do that. But that’s just Madrid. Not all of Spain is like that.’

‘One positive:  what I love about Spain is that when I went out for a meal in London, it was always a real problem if you have children, but in Spain it’s literally swing open the fire escape, move tables out of the way to get you and the pushchair in, and they put you in the best spot ever. In Britain it’s like children should be seen and not heard.’

EWN: What about your kids? Do they notice much of a difference?

Amy Molyneaux: ‘Carlos (her son) he doesn’t get why we live in a flat. In Madrid he can’t go out and play in the garden. Sometimes it’s difficult to move in someone’s flat because they don’t have the storage space many in the UK have. But here, there are more outdoor places to eat.’

EWN: Do you ever notice things that are weirdly different to the UK in Spain?

Amy Molyneaux: ‘In the area we live there are a lot of families that dress their children the same, usually like the Von Trapp family. You don’t really see that in the UK’

EWN: Would you ever go back to the UK to live?

Amy Molyneaux: Yeah, I just don’t have a plan for it at the moment. The children are settled in school and Carlos is really excelling. I wouldn’t want to take him out of school just for my sake.