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" Fashion is an incredibly tough, unforgiving industry. "
Louise Wilson
Tough
Fashion
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" As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it's a privilege to be among youth. "
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" Now there is tons of information available online. 90% of students rarely look at magazines in their intended format because they're looking at them on a computer screen. They don't understand the layout, so when they come to putting their own portfolios together, they have no spatial awareness. "
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" I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because you don't know how to do it, because you're not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting. "
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" People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty. "
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" I always say to students, 'You're never going to have all the skills, but you have to have a skill.' "
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" I always hate it when fashion is trivialised. "
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" I still believe that education is about provoking some kind of original, creative thought. "
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" Everything is not on a plate for you at Saint Martins - it's about personality, about working out how to do it. "
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" I love hard work, energy, feeling involved. "
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" I was going to do business studies in Newcastle because there were a lot of nightclubs. My father said if I went that route, he'd never speak to me again: credit where credit's due. "
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" I'd rather wear black than bright florals like most fat ladies do. "
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" We had six horses, and I would compete. Jumping. Cabinets full of cups. I always won. "
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