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" I go to contemporary galleries all around the world when I can. There's always something historical and something contemporary; those are my rock references. "

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" Let's be honest: not everybody can afford to buy £5,000 dresses, so the jewellery is a nice of way of getting the Giles product out into the world and introduce it to people not familiar with the label. QVC is a really good partner to help us do that. "

" There's one thing I would like to do on the high street, and that's something different to what's been done before. So, who knows what that could be. "

" 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. "

" A lot of people's circumstances can change very, very quickly, and people can move jobs, relationships can break down, something else could happen, and the next thing you know, you can't pay your rent, you can't get the support you require, and you're out on the street. "

" I've always liked historic jewellery that's got a kind of quirkiness or playfulness to it; I like that it's not too serious. "

" I think when wedding dresses are talked about, every woman has a different set of factors in her mind of what it could be because they've been thinking about it possibly for such a long time. "

" With couture, the great thing is that each piece has its own character, and you have space to explore and continue themes season after season. "

" I like characters in life, generally; I don't like to see a collection modelled on a homogeneous look. That terrifies me. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I don't believe in a recipe for success. You have to work hard; you may not always get it right - you have to bounce back from situations, and you have to be really focused and determined. It's important to have fun as well. Work shouldn't be a torture. "

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

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

" I don't like po-faced fashion. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've always been a big supporter of homeless charities across the board, ever since I first moved to London. "

" The effort you put into anything when you're a designer is 100% because it's all about what you get back out from it. "

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

" It can be refugees, it can be a pregnant mother, it can be a 15-year-old... homelessness can happen to everybody. "

" I very much like Christopher Kane. He actually did a work placement with me, and you could spot his talent straight away. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" The women that wear my clothes would want a pink BlackBerry in their handbag. "

" I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly. "