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

Edward Enninful

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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'm really excited to see my vision for the 'British Vogue' team come to fruition. "

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" I was really sheltered growing up, with six brothers and sisters. We played together all the time, and I was living in a fantasy world, like most creative people. "

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" You never know where inspiration is going to come from. "

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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 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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" I love the optimistic American style that Gap celebrates and the simplicity of the basic white T-shirt that allows you to be yourself. "

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" The more you style, the better you get. Don't give up. At a certain point, the magic happens. "

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" My mother was a seamstress, so I always grew up with her making clothes. I knew how to construct outfits. I knew how to sketch. I knew how to customise. But I could never imagine it as a career. "

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" I was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry. "

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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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" When you start out in the industry and things are tough, and you're not really making money, you question yourself: should I give up? "

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" Change always takes time. "

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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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" 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 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. "

Edward Enninful

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" People of power have to show empathy and kindness to the young. "

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" The funny thing is that the fashions from the '90s seem to sit so well with the fashions of 2016. Everything from then somehow skipped and came back. "

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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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" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

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" The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile. "

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

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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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" 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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