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" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

Edward Enninful

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" In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do. "

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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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" For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in. "

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" I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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" I've learned to put a big value on having a life outside of fashion, and I think that's what's saved me, because the fashion industry can suck you in. "

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

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" I didn't know anything about the fashion industry until I met the stylist Simon Foxton on a Tube. I was 16, on my way to Kingsway College, and then my whole world opened up. Before that, like in every African family, you are meant to be a lawyer. "

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" There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth. "

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

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

Edward Enninful

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

Edward Enninful

" 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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" 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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" Diversity is very important for me. "

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

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

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

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