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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'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community. "

Edward Enninful

Black

My Life

Life

" I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London. "

Edward Enninful

West

School

" Change always takes time. "

" You could say slowly but surely, the world is changing in a good way - equality in all forms is more and more part of the global conversation, and people are celebrating diversity and individuality. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Edward Enninful

Insecurity

Want

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it. "

" 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. "

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

Edward Enninful

Protective

I Can

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

" 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. "

Edward Enninful

Tell

Rebel

" 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. "

" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I don't think I'm in any way an icon, to be very honest. "

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

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

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

" When you leave your house in the morning, however you dress is the way you want the world to see you. "

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

" Social media is fine, depending on how you use it. "

" I want 'Vogue' to feel like a shop that you're not scared to walk into, one that's quite welcoming. "

Edward Enninful

Scared

Feel

" 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.' "