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

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" Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. "

" I'm like a conductor. I come up with ideas, and I get all these people to make great music together. I have a team of really talented assistant designers. I have architects in my office. People I trained from the beginning in menswear, womenswear, and home. I have a great team who know what I want and feel and translate that into beautiful results. "

" I am trained as a fashion designer and do not claim to be an expert architect or anything like that. I won't do something unless I know I can do it. "

" 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 never set out to do interior design; I just do what I do, and some people come along and want me to work with them. "

" I can speak Cantonese, but I can't speak about fashion - I learnt all my fashion in Europe, so often, during interviews in Chinese I just don't know the right word - it can be very hard to explain things. "

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

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

" Men like clothes they can wear to work and afterwards. They don't want things to be complicated. "

" During fashion week, I dream about fashion; afterwards, I dream about fishing. After fashion week, I always go fishing to wind down. "

" Many women in their 40s make the mistake of wearing clothes that are too tight. Skimpy dresses and tight trousers can make you look older, so get the best fit you can find. "

" I still love Birkenstocks. I just think they are the most comfortable things; I even wear them in winter sometimes. "

" 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. "

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

" I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief. "

" My dream home would be a fishing lodge in New Zealand. "

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

" It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Guys want to be cool without appearing to be bothered about trends. "

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

" I'm interested in beauty more than anything else. "

" I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones. "

" Talent always shouts at you. "

" When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I. "

" As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view. "