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

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" I went to public and state schools - not at the same time. I did my art foundation course at Harrogate College of Arts. This brilliant tutor suggested I apply to Central Saint Martins. I adored it. "

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

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

" People should just get over themselves. "

" Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Cecil Beaton was Andy Warhol before Andy Warhol, really. "

" With couture, it means I get to show fall in July with delivery in September. My clients will be getting their pieces in season. "

" I've been a fella in the fashion industry for a very long time now, and the industry has been very good to me. "

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

" I'm lucky that I've worked with the biggest divas in the world. We've had Miss Piggy and Minnie Mouse, so I've got to be careful who I say now, but obviously, I'd love to dress them again. "

" I do like designing clothes that are - not exactly lofty but intellectual in their sexiness. "

" I can never really comment on rumours. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I really like doing good work and working with good people - that's the thing that drives me. "

" 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. "

" People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence. "

" The customer who likes to be noticed is important to us. "

" Just because something is less expensive shouldn't mean it is less well designed. "

" I go to L.A. three or four times a year. It's great for research. "

" My designs at Ungaro are a lot more sexual, in more of an obvious way: my personal designers are a little bit more sideways. "

" Animals. They're nice, aren't they? They're good things, animals. "

" Some things can be quite stupid yet interesting. Life can be like that. "

" 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. "

" Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes. "