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" I try to exercise three to four times a week. "
Giles Deacon
Four
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" If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture. "
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" I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my socks off, and I managed to get a place there. It was there that I developed a real love for design. "
Giles Deacon
Love
Great
Go
" My friends and I used to take two-hour trips to the record store in Newcastle, and we started buying copies of The Face and i-D. And then I went to art school, and as time progressed, I ended up where I am now. "
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Face
Time
Art
" I can never really comment on rumours. "
Giles Deacon
I Can
Comment
Really
" Making your own clothes is great - but don't make everything, or I'll be out of a job! "
Giles Deacon
Everything
Clothes
Great
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
Focus
Want
Us
" There's one thing I would like to do on the high street, and that's something different to what's been done before. So, who knows what that could be. "
Giles Deacon
Different
Like
Street
" I go to contemporary galleries all around the world when I can. There's always something historical and something contemporary; those are my rock references. "
Giles Deacon
I Can
Go
World
" I don't design for wallflowers. "
Giles Deacon
Design
" People should just get over themselves. "
Giles Deacon
Themselves
Over
People
" I very much like Christopher Kane. He actually did a work placement with me, and you could spot his talent straight away. "
Giles Deacon
Like
Away
You
" That era of designers being away with the fairies is gone... You've got to live in the real world. "
Giles Deacon
World
You
Away
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
You
Effort
Because
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
Time
Foundation
College
" Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes. "
Giles Deacon
Even
You
Want
" My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them. "
Giles Deacon
Difficult
Looking
Party
" With all my clients I work with, they all have their absolute specialness about them. "
Giles Deacon
Them
Work
About
" I love historical references. "
Giles Deacon
I Love
Historical
Love
" Animals. They're nice, aren't they? They're good things, animals. "
Giles Deacon
Good Things
Things
Nice
" I did an art foundation course, and I knew I wanted to do something in a creative field. And fashion just seemed like the most fun. "
Giles Deacon
Foundation
Fashion
Creative
" Fashion was spontaneous and about getting things done, which I really liked. "
Giles Deacon
Done
Things
Spontaneous
" I am really looking forward to walking past people on the street wearing my clothes and know I am designing for an everyday woman. "
Giles Deacon
Looking
People
Know
" The name Holly Fulton has become synonymous with daring, bold graphic prints which you just know if you wear you'll have a brilliant time in. "
Giles Deacon
Time
Bold
Know
" If you've invested money in buying a piece, you don't want it to just disintegrate. We all have that first wash anxiety, when that great t-shirt you've just bought shrinks away to nothing. "
Giles Deacon
Money
Nothing
Anxiety
" Due to the hectic, non-stop nature of my work, I'm always using my BlackBerry to stay in touch with my studio, wherever I am. "
Giles Deacon
Stay
Touch
Work
" People are often a bit more adventurous with swimming costume prints; they like the idea of something a bit more jolly. "
Giles Deacon
Costume
Like
More
" 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. "
Giles Deacon
Support
Know
Change
" I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing is really good for that. "
Giles Deacon
Clothing
Always
Sketch
" Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? "
Giles Deacon
Why
Wardrobe
Want
" I'm interested in women who have got character and experience and an opinion about things. "
Giles Deacon
Character
Experience
Opinion