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I love historical references.
'Irony' is such an over-used word.
I can never really comment on rumours.
I can be very modern and experimental.
The natural world is a source of inspiration.
I don't like acres of faceless girls walking.
For me, green is more about cycling than recycling.
I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly.
Cecil Beaton was Andy Warhol before Andy Warhol, really.
The customer who likes to be noticed is important to us.
Fashion designers seem the busiest people on the planet.
If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture.
It's important to offer well-thought-out pieces at lower prices.
Testosterone is a great equalizer, it turns all men into morons.
I love London. Wherever I've lived, I've always had my flat here.
Animals. They're nice, aren't they? They're good things, animals.
I like to have a swim in the morning, a great way to start the day.
Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me.
Some things can be quite stupid yet interesting. Life can be like that.
When I was younger, I wanted to be a marine biologist, among other things.
Fashion was spontaneous and about getting things done, which I really liked.
I think a bit of jewellery that cheers you up for the day isn't a bad thing.
The women that wear my clothes would want a pink BlackBerry in their handbag.
Just because something is less expensive shouldn't mean it is less well designed.
In the end, we all are who we are, no matter how much we may appear to have changed.
I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting.
With all my clients I work with, they all have their absolute specialness about them.
Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons.
I do like designing clothes that are - not exactly lofty but intellectual in their sexiness.
I really like doing good work and working with good people - that's the thing that drives me.
I didn't set out wanting to be a fashion designer from the age of 3. It wasn't that kind of dream.
That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world.
My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed.
I've always been a big supporter of homeless charities across the board, ever since I first moved to London.
People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown.
I've been a fella in the fashion industry for a very long time now, and the industry has been very good to me.
I have an art-school background, not a fashion background where it's like, 'Oh, we're going on holiday to Miami.'
It can be refugees, it can be a pregnant mother, it can be a 15-year-old... homelessness can happen to everybody.
I sometimes sit and draw people on the bus, or some fantasy hybrid animal. You know, wherever the hand will lead.
The effort you put into anything when you're a designer is 100% because it's all about what you get back out from it.
People are often a bit more adventurous with swimming costume prints; they like the idea of something a bit more jolly.
I liked the fact DAKS was an unknown quantity. It's more like Gucci before Tom Ford got there. There's a lot you can do.
I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me.
I very much like Christopher Kane. He actually did a work placement with me, and you could spot his talent straight away.
I'd really love to dress Lauren Bacall. She's incredibly interesting - a gorgeous, stylish woman with a strong personality.
I've always liked historic jewellery that's got a kind of quirkiness or playfulness to it; I like that it's not too serious.
The reason I wanted to work with New Look was that they wanted to stick with one designer and do lots of collections a year.
My designs at Ungaro are a lot more sexual, in more of an obvious way: my personal designers are a little bit more sideways.
Due to the hectic, non-stop nature of my work, I'm always using my BlackBerry to stay in touch with my studio, wherever I am.
With couture, it means I get to show fall in July with delivery in September. My clients will be getting their pieces in season.