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" I liked the fact DAKS was an unknown quantity. It's more like Gucci before Tom Ford got there. There's a lot you can do. "

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" 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. "

" My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed. "

" Students are up to their eyeballs in loans, and it's going to get even worse. It's going to be hideous, actually. Students are going to be saddled for life. It's going to put a lot of people off going to college, which is a shame. "

" One day I'll do a Dorian Gray, and there will be a picture in the attic. I'll look like Helen Daniels from 'Neighbours' after her stroke. "

" I can be very modern and experimental. "

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

" Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. "

" 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. "

" Clothes that a wallflower would like, that's not my thing. I like people who look interesting. "

" Fashion designers seem the busiest people on the planet. "

" People are often a bit more adventurous with swimming costume prints; they like the idea of something a bit more jolly. "

" My longest collaborative working relationship is with Katie Grand, the editor-in-chief of 'Love' magazine. Katie's an inspiration and a sounding block. She's got such great taste. "

" You take it very seriously when you start any project, but not everything in life ends up where you think it's going to be. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A healthy body really does make for a healthy mind. "

" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "

" I love London. Wherever I've lived, I've always had my flat here. "

" Single-sex private schools, especially in the middle of nowhere on a bleak hill in County Durham - I don't think they make sense. "

" I sometimes sit and draw people on the bus, or some fantasy hybrid animal. You know, wherever the hand will lead. "

" I don't design for wallflowers. "

" Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? "

" The reason I wanted to work with New Look was that they wanted to stick with one designer and do lots of collections a year. "

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

" I like women to have life, personalities. Women who would perhaps cause some trouble on a night out and have a lot to say for themselves. "

" People often think that the world fashion is so full of a certain pretense that it can't just be about going for something because it suits you and looks great, and it's nicely cut and is made of beautiful fabric. You know, if it has a bit of lightness and playfulness to it, then I think people just respond to that really well. "

" 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 went to public and state schools - not at the same time. I did my art foundation course at Harrogate College of Arts. This brilliant tutor suggested I apply to Central Saint Martins. I adored it. "