Practical dresser Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost says her outlook on fashion changed as she needed to start dressing practically.

Sadie Frost's outlook on fashion changed after becoming a mother.

The actress-turned-designer - who has four children, Finlay, 20, Rafferty, 13, Iris, nine, and eight-year-old Rudy - says she no longer worries about what she looks like, so long as she's wearing something practical.

She said: "When I was a teenager I was obsessed with fashion. I'd hang out on the King's Road, where my friends had the punk shop Boy, and outside Vivienne Westwood's Seditionaries - I was a model for both of them. Punk was new and exciting, and that's where my style started. I wore underwear as outerwear, pyjamas under petticoats. People would ask what the hell I was wearing, but often those looks came into fashion.

"Then I started having kids when I was 25 and I had to think about getting them dresses in the morning rather than about myself. Now I wear outfits that can take me from a yoga class to picking the kids up, and I don't have time to match my bag to my shoes."

The 45-year-old beauty says she likes her clothes to make her feel like a lady because she is normally quite scruffy.

She told The Observer Magazine: "I love designing for my label, FrostFrench, but it's a job. I'm naturally a tomboy, a scruff, so I create clothes that make me feel more ladylike, such as high-waisted trousers or a 20s dress. Our clothes are classic but have to have a twist."