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" Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. "

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" During fashion week, I dream about fashion; afterwards, I dream about fishing. After fashion week, I always go fishing to wind down. "

" I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fashion is instant - after six months, it disappears, and you have to start again. That's the nature of it. "

" A woman can look incredibly sexy in a black suit. "

" I want romance; I want people to be happy in their relationships. "

" My life is about family and friends as well as work. "

" To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! "

" I'm a British designer, and it's great to show on your own ground. "

" I'm like a conductor. I come up with ideas, and I get all these people to make great music together. I have a team of really talented assistant designers. I have architects in my office. People I trained from the beginning in menswear, womenswear, and home. I have a great team who know what I want and feel and translate that into beautiful results. "

" My dream home would be a fishing lodge in New Zealand. "

" The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down. "

" 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. "

" When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge. "

" 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. "

" Many women in their 40s make the mistake of wearing clothes that are too tight. Skimpy dresses and tight trousers can make you look older, so get the best fit you can find. "

" I never set out to do interior design; I just do what I do, and some people come along and want me to work with them. "

" I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things. "

" It is hard to have a fashion business in any country, but even more difficult in Ireland. "

" I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe. "

" My family was quite poor, and the NHS was recruiting people from abroad to do psychiatric nursing. It was the only hope I had to leave Hong Kong. "

" I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" I love my black shirts; I have usually 14 of them at any one time. "

" 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. "

" My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool. "

" I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. "

" I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at. "

" I think my love of form is especially informed by my background, whether this is creating a wonderful silhouette in a dress or finding the perfect shape for a bowl or the 'just so' angle of a table leg. "

" Your 30s is the time to embrace bold, zingy colour patterns and to follow trends while taking time to get used to what really suits you. "