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" For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in. "

Edward Enninful

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" I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London. "

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" My mother and father just taught me the basics: to be really kind, to really listen to people. I have never been one to put on airs and graces. "

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" I was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry. "

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" Being an immigrant and living in England, I feel like I lived in two worlds. There was the world that, when I was at school with my friends, was very English, and then I'd go home to another country, with exotic foods and colours. I have a sense of colour pairings, and that came from my background, I think. "

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" By people getting together and celebrating this idea of togetherness, great things can happen. "

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