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" I think natural fibers look better over time. The more you wear them, they look even better. "

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" I love fashion, but fashion is not my whole life. "

" If you ask me where do I belong, it would be somewhere in the Irish Sea almost - born in Hong Kong, Chinese mother, Portuguese father from Macao, lived in Europe most of my life. "

" I'm a British designer, and it's great to show on your own ground. "

" I love white walls because white reflects the light and is a great backdrop for art. "

" To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! "

" A woman can look incredibly sexy in a black suit. "

" I don't want to be an elitist designer. It's no fun just catering for a small group of people. It's against my principles. "

" As I get older and older, people like my work more and more. "

" When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge. "

" Fashion is instant - after six months, it disappears, and you have to start again. That's the nature of it. "

" I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman. "

" I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe. "

" My most precious possession is a 13.5-feet-long fishing rod, made by an American firm called Loomis. "

" One thing I learned from all my years in business is you really have to work with the experts: you can launch something yourself, but unless you have the expertise and the marketing strategies and machinery behind you, you'll never be successful. "

" My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool. "

" There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out. "

" My family was quite poor, and the NHS was recruiting people from abroad to do psychiatric nursing. It was the only hope I had to leave Hong Kong. "

" I always promised myself that I wouldn't do catwalk shows until the day I died. "

" It is hard to have a fashion business in any country, but even more difficult in Ireland. "

" I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. "

" I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" I want romance; I want people to be happy in their relationships. "

" I dress pop stars, and I dress my doctor. It's about attitude. I do what I love, and I'm lucky to do it. It's a long way from Hong Kong. "

" My homes are similar in style because the same design principles run through all areas of my work. "

" I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at. "

" My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am. "

" Unfortunately, I used to play in goal, and I broke my hand. Two fingers. The ball hit me and bent my fingers back. I used to play every Sunday. I was quite competitive. "

" At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money. "

" I love my black shirts; I have usually 14 of them at any one time. "