Contrary to popular belief, fears are usually not caused by one traumatizing event. The phobias we develop are actually the product of a complex mix of genetics and environmental factors. So, if you are afraid of heights, it probably isn’t because you once fell out of your high chair when you were a child.

Frances Quinn wins the prize for having the highest number of ingredients in one bake. She used 124 for her three-tier wedding cake titled ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. The spectacular cake included edible confetti, pineapple flowers and marzipan bees!

Chanel wasn’t afraid to speak her mind, having criticized many of her contemporaries. She once referred to Paul Poiret’s designs as “costumes” rather than actual clothes, and she boldly stated that Christian Dior dressed women like “armchairs.”