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" I did candles because I wanted a candle to put in my home. I couldn't find one I liked. "
Matthew Williamson
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" You can't deny the experience of a store. It's fantastic if you're a global brand and you've got the power or the funds to support that bricks-and-mortar space, but we certainly weren't and aren't. "
Matthew Williamson
Space
Power
Support
" I'm a bit of a digital imbecile. "
Matthew Williamson
Bit
Imbecile
Digital
" Creating a bridalwear collection was a natural progression from my evening wear collections, which are well known for their softly draped and diaphanous silk gowns. "
Matthew Williamson
Evening
Creating
Natural
" I think the woman who buys my dress also wants a beautiful pillow. "
Matthew Williamson
Dress
Woman
Think
" I've been fascinated with interior design for as long as I can remember. "
Matthew Williamson
Design
Long
Remember
" I wanted to create a collection of leather handbags which would not only reflect the brand's DNA but also appeal to a busy cosmopolitan woman. "
Matthew Williamson
Brand
Woman
Reflect
" London has a very specific kind of style; it's very different to Milan, Paris, and New York. It's nice having that personality that we haven't lost. It's the English quirky style that people like to see when they come to Fashion Week. "
Matthew Williamson
Style
Personality
People
" I'm an independent fashion house. "
Matthew Williamson
Independent
House
Fashion
" No woman can wear prints all the time. "
Matthew Williamson
Prints
Woman
Wear
" My womenswear line would translate well into childrenswear. "
Matthew Williamson
Line
Translate
Would
" I've always felt like a designer of lifestyle that has a certain spirit and bohemian quality. "
Matthew Williamson
Lifestyle
Like
Quality
" I think there needs to be extremes in fashion, and Pucci offers another choice. "
Matthew Williamson
Choice
Fashion
I Think
" We know what the customer wants, and so we're buying in a totally different way. "
Matthew Williamson
Know
Buying
Customer
" A catwalk show is just how it's done; it's just what you do - it's central to the presentation of a collection. It will be a very brave designer who gives up the catwalk entirely in favour of a digital show. "
Matthew Williamson
You
Presentation
Digital
" I grew up in the dark ages, pre-digital, when everyone would wait for a magazine each month to see these models who became legendary and iconic, like Kate Moss. "
Matthew Williamson
Everyone
Wait
Like
" I have always been clear about what I wanted to do and who I wanted to dress. However, you need that business sense to help direct your talent. Because at the end of the day, you are selling clothes, and that is the reality which we live in. "
Matthew Williamson
Day
Dress
End
" In a digital age, I still love sending and receiving cards, hand-writing notes, and wrapping gifts. "
Matthew Williamson
Gifts
Age
Cards
" The V&A is an amazing museum, and the collections have always been a great inspiration to me. "
Matthew Williamson
Museum
Been
Amazing
" I'm not one to pat myself on my back, but I have had a career for 20 years, and if people are interested in how I did it or if I can give any advice, then that's lovely. "
Matthew Williamson
Career
Myself
Back
" I wanted to start a menswear line of slim-fitting, luxury cashmere jumpers in a range of great colours. "
Matthew Williamson
Wanted
Luxury
Start
" I'm a natural technophobe, but I can see the importance of the digital role, and you have to celebrate it - our site is obviously an incredibly important part of our business now. "
Matthew Williamson
Important
You
Celebrate
" The peacock has become one of my regular sources of inspiration from nature. "
Matthew Williamson
Become
Inspiration
Nature
" I got my fair share of stick. But I surrounded myself with fabulous girls, and they all loved me because I made them clothes. I remember making them all leopard print tops and tartan skirts for a party we went to once. It's scary to think about it now, actually. "
Matthew Williamson
Myself
Remember
Think
" I guess I will always be known as a designer who references Ibiza, even though I've only been to the island a couple of times in my early twenties. "
Matthew Williamson
Will
Only
Island
" I think Galliano returning to London Fashion Week at some point would be hugely well received by the industry. "
Matthew Williamson
Think
Week
Fashion
" I wasn't inspired by lunatic asylums or anything like that. "
Matthew Williamson
Inspired
Like
Lunatic
" Developing a new designer colouring book with Laurence King has been a real passion project of mine. "
Matthew Williamson
Passion
King
Book
" I wanted to explore the Seventies idea of the ideal futuristic woman. So I watched cheesy films like 'Weird Science' and more dodgy things like 'Star Trek,' 'Barbarella' and 'Logan's Run.' "
Matthew Williamson
Run
Science
Explore
" I always wanted to be a designer and always felt surprised as a child when my sister used to deliberate about whether to be a nurse or a teacher. "
Matthew Williamson
Child
Used
Teacher
" It's just fantastic to have someone like the Duchess of Cambridge wear the brand. I think there are often misconceptions about who the brand is for, but it's not just a 20-year-old blonde girl on the beach, and Kate is testament to that. "
Matthew Williamson
Girl
Beach
Blonde