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" As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view. "
Point Of View
Important
View
" As I get older and older, people like my work more and more. "
People
Like
More
" As you get older, your skin tone will change, and that means the colours that suit you best change, too. Take a trip to a department store and ask for advice, or simply hold colours close to your face in the mirror, as this should give you a good idea of what works. "
Good
Face
Best
" At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money. "
Flowers
Child
You
" A woman can look incredibly sexy in a black suit. "
Suit
Look
Black
" Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. "
Character
Time
Own
" Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them. "
Always
Bank
Even
" Design has always been at the heart of our business. "
Business
Been
Always
" Dubai is a vibrant city: Big cars, big buildings... it reminds me of my home town, Hong Kong. People are always on the move here, and there's a lot going on. There are some wonderful architecture and some not-so-wonderful. "
Me
City
Architecture
" During fashion week, I dream about fashion; afterwards, I dream about fishing. After fashion week, I always go fishing to wind down. "
Wind
Fashion
Fishing
" Fabric is the foundation of a collection. "
Fabric
Foundation
Collection
" Fashion is instant - after six months, it disappears, and you have to start again. That's the nature of it. "
Fashion
You
Start
" Fashion is like a four-legged table: you need a good designer, a very good business manager, a good manufacturer, and a very good distributor. Without all the legs, table collapses. "
Fashion
Business
Legs
" Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman. "
Heart
Never
Excited
" Guys want to be cool without appearing to be bothered about trends. "
Trends
About
Cool
" I always challenge myself to do something better, and people in the industry appreciate that. "
People
Challenge
Myself
" I always have a cigar when I catch a fish. "
Fish
Catch
Always
" I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. "
Promised
Myself
Day
" I am trained as a fashion designer and do not claim to be an expert architect or anything like that. I won't do something unless I know I can do it. "
I Am
I Can
Know
" I believe that IT is the way forward. Every other industry utilises IT, and I feel that fashion needs to use it more extensively to move forward. "
Way
Fashion
Believe
" I can speak Cantonese, but I can't speak about fashion - I learnt all my fashion in Europe, so often, during interviews in Chinese I just don't know the right word - it can be very hard to explain things. "
Right
I Can
Know
" I can tell you every element of every single look from each collection - one to 30 - without looking at a picture: my label is all done by me. "
Picture
You
Done
" I don't want to be an elitist designer. It's no fun just catering for a small group of people. It's against my principles. "
Group
Principles
Fun
" I dress pop stars, and I dress my doctor. It's about attitude. I do what I love, and I'm lucky to do it. It's a long way from Hong Kong. "
Stars
Love
Dress
" If you ask me where do I belong, it would be somewhere in the Irish Sea almost - born in Hong Kong, Chinese mother, Portuguese father from Macao, lived in Europe most of my life. "
Father
My Life
Sea
" I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones. "
Impact
Men
Me
" I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at. "
Simple
Look
Create
" I love fashion, but fashion is not my whole life. "
Whole
Fashion
I Love
" I love my black shirts; I have usually 14 of them at any one time. "
Love
I Love
Black
" I love white walls because white reflects the light and is a great backdrop for art. "
Art
Great
Love
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