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" For me, green is more about cycling than recycling. "

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" My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them. "

" When I was younger, I wanted to be a marine biologist, among other things. "

" I can be very modern and experimental. "

" With all my clients I work with, they all have their absolute specialness about them. "

" I can never really comment on rumours. "

" I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my socks off, and I managed to get a place there. It was there that I developed a real love for design. "

" I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always comes off a bit twee and only about cream teas and that sort of things. "

" That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world. "

" People should just get over themselves. "

" I try to exercise three to four times a week. "

" My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed. "

" Women I've known have always been quite strong and confident women. Sure, I've got some friends who aren't so overtly confident, or at least don't appear that way. But when you get to know them, they are very much so. "

" People often think that the world fashion is so full of a certain pretense that it can't just be about going for something because it suits you and looks great, and it's nicely cut and is made of beautiful fabric. You know, if it has a bit of lightness and playfulness to it, then I think people just respond to that really well. "

" I didn't set out wanting to be a fashion designer from the age of 3. It wasn't that kind of dream. "

" I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things. "

" Clothes that a wallflower would like, that's not my thing. I like people who look interesting. "

" My friends and I used to take two-hour trips to the record store in Newcastle, and we started buying copies of The Face and i-D. And then I went to art school, and as time progressed, I ended up where I am now. "

" With couture, you're going right to the consumer, and that's something we learned from doing trunk shows. You're meeting the client; you're finding out what they like and what they don't like. You've really got your customer there in front of you, so you know what works and what doesn't. "

" A healthy body really does make for a healthy mind. "

" One day I'll do a Dorian Gray, and there will be a picture in the attic. I'll look like Helen Daniels from 'Neighbours' after her stroke. "

" The reason I wanted to work with New Look was that they wanted to stick with one designer and do lots of collections a year. "

" People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown. "

" I'll spend a couple of days in Paris, a couple back in London, some time at the factory in Italy... I like travelling, but it can be a struggle to get home for weekends. "

" If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture. "

" I don't really have a mentor. "

" I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing is really good for that. "

" I love historical references. "

" Students are up to their eyeballs in loans, and it's going to get even worse. It's going to be hideous, actually. Students are going to be saddled for life. It's going to put a lot of people off going to college, which is a shame. "

" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "

" We want to be the go-to business for super-special daywear and eveningwear, to focus on what we are known for and what our customers want from us. "