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" Fabric is the foundation of a collection. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod. "

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

" It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses. "

" I made my final collection in college in London using Irish handwoven wool. That is how I discovered Ireland first; I just fell in love with it, really. "

" I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. "

" We cater for fashion-conscious people. "

" It was a very, very happy childhood, but I always knew I wanted to see the world. "

" There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out. "

" 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. "

" I always have a cigar when I catch a fish. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I. "

" 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. "

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

" I still love Birkenstocks. I just think they are the most comfortable things; I even wear them in winter sometimes. "

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

" Just because something is trendy doesn't mean it will suit you. "

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

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

" My most precious possession is a 13.5-feet-long fishing rod, made by an American firm called Loomis. "

" As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view. "

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

" As I get older and older, people like my work more and more. "

" I'm interested in beauty more than anything else. "

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