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" Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic. "
Acting
Know
Learning
" As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier. "
Growing Up
You
Child
" Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like. "
Two
You
America
" Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating. "
Very
Things
Buttons
" Collaborations are incredibly important in design. "
Design
Important
Incredibly
" Doing something with Uniqlo means you come up with a wardrobe which is universal and quirky. "
You
Up
Universal
" During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture. "
Culture
Think
Luxury
" Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability. "
Everyone
Learn
Meet
" Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping. "
Shopping
Buy
Everywhere
" Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me. "
You
Finding
Fashion
" For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy. "
Me
Therapy
Interview
" For me, fashion is exciting, and it should be exciting whether you get it wrong or right. "
Me
Fashion
Exciting
" For me, fashion should always be evolving so it remains exciting and unexpected. "
Me
Fashion
Always
" For me, menswear is an experimental ground to play with something. There is scope to be gained there - you can create a new normality. "
Ground
Me
You
" For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information. "
Creative
Information
Me
" I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it. "
Respect
Look
Love
" I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play. "
Always
Great
Jeans
" I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations. "
Expectations
People
Fashion
" I am a huge obsessor with photography. "
Am
Photography
Huge
" I believe that collaboration is one of the most important things in any field. "
Collaboration
Important
Field
" I collect craft. It inspires me. "
Me
Inspires
Craft
" I collect primarily ceramics but also black-and-white photography and some bits of contemporary. "
Some
Photography
Black-And-White
" I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly. "
Make
Love
Deadly
" I didn't reinvent clothing; I reinvented the edit. "
Reinvent
Reinvented
Edit
" If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks. "
Risks
Think
Well
" I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on. "
Feel
Never
You
" I find it difficult to go to museums. I prefer houses. "
Find
Museums
Difficult
" I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating. "
Man
Find
Body
" If you do generic things, you know, after a while, brands or designers become stagnated. "
Things
You
Become
" If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational. "
Going
You
Things
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