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" I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English. "
Jonathan Anderson
School
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Appalling
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" I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating. "
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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 always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it. "
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" Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability. "
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" Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like. "
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" Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating. "
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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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" We have this perceived illusion of what the fashion designer does. As an industry, we make it out that this one individual changes the entire face of the earth. I have never said 'me'; it's always 'we.' I am just the big salesman. "
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" If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational. "
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" Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature. "
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" I've been a fan and collector of Lucie Rie for years. "
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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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" 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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You
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" My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time. "
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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 try to live my life free of regrets, but I do have one style regret that makes me laugh and cringe at the same time. Mum used to dress my brother and me in bright neon bike pants and big baggy t-shirts that were so long you could barely see our bike pants. "
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" I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft. "
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" My parents are huge influences on me. My mother was an English teacher. My father played professional rugby and coached rugby for the Irish rugby team. "
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Father
Parents
" I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does. "
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" I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do. "
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" I'm not the best at getting myself breakfast, but if I do, I'll normally have toast and marmalade. "
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Getting
" I think, in history, everything is about the remix. "
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" Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic. "
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" Luxury stores are such a difficult thing because, ultimately, their purpose is to sell, but I do think you can get more out of a store. "
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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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" I've always been massively aware of clothing. "
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