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" I think, in history, everything is about the remix. "
Jonathan Anderson
Think
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" No one reads anything. They just look at images. "
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" What's so important with fashion imagery and with imagery in general is that it ultimately evokes an emotion. "
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" For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information. "
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" I am a huge obsessor with photography. "
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" During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture. "
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" When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer. "
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" I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash. "
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" I'm very open about my referencing; I'm very open about who I work with. "
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" You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness. "
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" As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier. "
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" The problem with me and TV shows is once I start watching them, I have to watch them all because I'm so impatient. I need the entire series to be on TV, and then I'll sit all day and watch the entire thing. So I did that with 'Homeland,' and I did that with 'Veep.' "
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" I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.' "
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" Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me. "
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" I grew up during one of Northern Ireland's most complex periods. "
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" I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.' "
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" The minute you see that everything is going one way, you get the hell out. "
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" I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play. "
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" Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like. "
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" Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process. "
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" To restart a brand, you have to make people forget what it was. "
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" For me, menswear is an experimental ground to play with something. There is scope to be gained there - you can create a new normality. "
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" I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company. "
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" Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature. "
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" My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him. "
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" I think ceramics are so amazing because they're incredibly educational - you can buy something made in the 14th century, and it looks like it was made yesterday. There's something to be learned there, and ceramics can tell you the history of the time because they're functional vessels, ultimately. "
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" You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal. "
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