British fashion designer Georgina Chapman remembers the first time she met her future husband Harvey Weinstein, in the south of France in 2004. It doesn’t sound much like other encounters between the Hollywood producer and beautiful young women.
“I was with girlfriends when we met at a party,” she told the Daily Mail in 2015. “I wasn’t looking to meet anyone; I was still getting over someone. I was wandering around the room quite lost when I met Harvey. He made me laugh and invited me for lunch the next day at the Hôtel Majestic Barrière in Cannes. I couldn’t find the hotel; I was two hours late and remarkably he was still there.”

Chapman grew up in a wealthy family. Her father Brian made millions from his coffee business, while her mother, Caroline Wonfor, was a journalist. At school she battled dyslexia and needed extra tutoring. But she always knew she wanted to design.