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" I always used to love couture because it was more theatrical than the runways. The runways always felt more like part of the machine. "

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" I kind of see clothes a bit like role-playing, depending what mood I'm in. "

" I guess I try and learn all the time from every experience in life, so my thinking is a hybrid of everything. I'd have to attribute some of that to my work in the fashion industry - in some obscure way. "

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" I was like most teenagers. I wanted to look more conventional - you know, to just be the pretty girl in school. "

" People do make assumptions about models. That's their issue, not mine. It doesn't bother me because I'm comfortable enough in my own skin - I know who I am. "

" Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not. "

" I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual. "

" As the generalization goes about the art industry, people can be really challenging and thought-provoking in their thinking and questioning the status quo, and it's really important that the status quo can be questioned and that there are people doing that. "

" Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible. "

" I'll always try to follow my heart into things I love, and modelling is not something I'm dreaming of pursuing forever. "

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" The relationship between art and a job is not quite linear, but I really love any and all manifestations of art, really respect any kind of artistic impulse, whether it's paintings and sculptures or really good filmmaking or music. I really see the relationships between these different mediums as very fluid. "

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