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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. "

Edward Enninful

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" It was a whole new attitude: no makeup, less is more... the '90s were fun! "

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" When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi. "

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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 realise I am stepping into the shoes of a hugely respected editor in the shape of Alexandra Shulman, someone who has chosen to leave at the top of their game with a legacy of 25 years of success. "

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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 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.' "

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

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" Prince was not scared. The first time I heard someone sing about AIDS, it was Prince: 'In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.' He was not afraid of taboos. "

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" Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. "

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" I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better. "

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" Growing up, I loved the imagery I saw from America as it celebrated being the land of the free and home of the brave. "

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" When I was really young, I had an afro and wore pressed jeans and argyle sweaters. In my teens, I moved on to ripped Levi's jeans, white T-shirts, and cowboy boots. "

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" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

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" I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant. "

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" My memories of London Fashion Week are of starting out and not getting many tickets for fashion shows, but wanting to see them so much that I'd sneak in with my friends, people like Pat McGrath and Craig McDean. "

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" I feel like when it comes to the models, certain models are now like commodities in certain ways. "

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" Being an immigrant and living in England, I feel like I lived in two worlds. There was the world that, when I was at school with my friends, was very English, and then I'd go home to another country, with exotic foods and colours. I have a sense of colour pairings, and that came from my background, I think. "

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" When I started in the nineties, a sample size was a 4 and a 6. "

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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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" Social media and technology are democratising and opening up fashion and the process of fashion for all - this has good and bad sides, but that comes with any change. "

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" I used to wear a lot of Helmut Lang. Painted jeans. Cropped crombies with t-shirts. A lot of V-necks. The perfect V-neck was very important. "

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" I'm very protective of all the vulnerable young kids that go on shoots. I can empathize. I've been there. "

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" Change always takes time. "

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

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" People like me thought America was the best place to be creative, to be free to create, to have the freedom to be who you are. "

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" If you put one model in a show or in an ad campaign, that doesn't solve the problem. We need teachers in universities. We need internships. We need people of different ethnic backgrounds in all parts of the industry. That really is the solution: you have to change it from the inside. "

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" My 'Vogue' is about being inclusive; it's about diversity. Showing different women, different body shapes, different races, class. To be tackling gender. "

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" I think if you're really good at what you do, you can see outside the box. "

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" Diversity is very important for me. "

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