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" I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.' "

Edward Enninful

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" I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor. "

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" I didn't know anything about the fashion industry until I met the stylist Simon Foxton on a Tube. I was 16, on my way to Kingsway College, and then my whole world opened up. Before that, like in every African family, you are meant to be a lawyer. "

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" I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in. "

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" You could say slowly but surely, the world is changing in a good way - equality in all forms is more and more part of the global conversation, and people are celebrating diversity and individuality. "

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" I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community. "

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" I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people. "

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" I grew up in an African household, so lots of chicken, lots of rice. We ate Jollof rice, a very West African dish. "

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

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" I am definitely allergic to wheat. Every time I eat it, I feel awful. "

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" Social media is fine, depending on how you use it. "

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" Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands. "

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" Diversity is very important for me. "

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" I learned that fashion was about more than fancy images. That there was a business side as well. "

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" I am black in a predominantly white industry, and I have been luckier than most. "

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" I've learned to put a big value on having a life outside of fashion, and I think that's what's saved me, because the fashion industry can suck you in. "

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" I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while. "

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" I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me. "

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" Kurt Cobain really made an impression on us. He just had that rebel attitude. You could tell he was super talented but didn't really care. "

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" I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it. "

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

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