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" I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones. "

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" I can speak Cantonese, but I can't speak about fashion - I learnt all my fashion in Europe, so often, during interviews in Chinese I just don't know the right word - it can be very hard to explain things. "

" I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. "

" Fashion is like a four-legged table: you need a good designer, a very good business manager, a good manufacturer, and a very good distributor. Without all the legs, table collapses. "

" I'm like a conductor. I come up with ideas, and I get all these people to make great music together. I have a team of really talented assistant designers. I have architects in my office. People I trained from the beginning in menswear, womenswear, and home. I have a great team who know what I want and feel and translate that into beautiful results. "

" I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. "

" I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things. "

" I think my love of form is especially informed by my background, whether this is creating a wonderful silhouette in a dress or finding the perfect shape for a bowl or the 'just so' angle of a table leg. "

" We cater for fashion-conscious people. "

" As you get older, your skin tone will change, and that means the colours that suit you best change, too. Take a trip to a department store and ask for advice, or simply hold colours close to your face in the mirror, as this should give you a good idea of what works. "

" My life is about family and friends as well as work. "

" We have achieved tremendous success in Ireland and internationally on the strength of our creativity and design skills. "

" I believe that IT is the way forward. Every other industry utilises IT, and I feel that fashion needs to use it more extensively to move forward. "

" My homes are similar in style because the same design principles run through all areas of my work. "

" There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out. "

" My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am. "

" Just because something is trendy doesn't mean it will suit you. "

" Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them. "

" Fabric is the foundation of a collection. "

" Your 30s is the time to embrace bold, zingy colour patterns and to follow trends while taking time to get used to what really suits you. "

" I still love Birkenstocks. I just think they are the most comfortable things; I even wear them in winter sometimes. "

" Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman. "

" Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. "

" I used to play football, and then my wife bought me a fishing rod. "

" As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view. "

" My most precious possession is a 13.5-feet-long fishing rod, made by an American firm called Loomis. "

" At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money. "

" I don't want to be an elitist designer. It's no fun just catering for a small group of people. It's against my principles. "

" To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! "

" I dress pop stars, and I dress my doctor. It's about attitude. I do what I love, and I'm lucky to do it. It's a long way from Hong Kong. "

" It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses. "