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" I wear black because I'm a large lady, and I have many exact replicas of the same black outfit. "

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" I always say to students, 'You're never going to have all the skills, but you have to have a skill.' "

" A lot of fashion might seem boring, but it is actually quite fun: the inside, the outside, the silhouette... All the different finishes. That's a skill. "

" I try to stop my students doing random things on the Internet or putting work online. It doesn't get them jobs. This concept of being noticed, I don't know what it brings you. "

" The only thing with press attention is that it can be very draining on our energy store. "

" I always thought I was going to be a professional horse rider because I rode horses competitively from zero to 17 years old. "

" Most designers don't dress in fashion. They dress in an anonymous way so that people are just judging their work. "

" We always want more, more, more. You see good work; you want it better. We push, push, push. "

" I've always loved books. "

" In fashion, you're privileged because you're consistently working with a vanguard of youth. "

" I can't imagine taking up running. "

" I had a fabulous childhood. Not many people have an outdoor tennis court that you're allowed to put your ponies on and pretend you're at Hickstead. "

" The press always pick on British fashion, but I don't think that there are more successful young designers than in Paris or Milan. It's all a myth. "

" I never know what I want, but always know what I don't want. "

" I believe intellect is needed in order to develop any creative output and that intellect alone is not enough! "

" I was very successful at three-day events, point-to-points, Pony Club, and gymkhana. But then I went to college, and because I had really good horses, they weren't going to be left in the field, so they were sold. "

" When you're responsible for leading a group of young people, you have to be positive. If you're not, you shouldn't be in your job, should you? "

" I love to-do lists. "

" I have no unhappy memories of my childhood. "

" I love Ikea: it's non-design, but it works. "

" You can't refuse to move forward when you're educating in design, because that's what we're asking students to do the whole time. "

" I love hard work, energy, feeling involved. "

" I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because you don't know how to do it, because you're not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting. "

" I've always spent money on books. I've always enjoyed handling books - the size, the format. I feel very strongly about original ephemera. "

" Fashion's transient - it moves. "

" Show-offy, I could sometimes be accused of. "

" Elegance for one society is not elegance for another. It's in the eyes of the beholder. "

" My students are noticed by the people I respect from the quality of their work. "

" I have very tidy cupboards. I do like a cupboard to look nice when you open it, with the labels facing forward. "

" People think I'm rude. I'm not rude; I'm just not networking. It's just honesty. "

" As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it's a privilege to be among youth. "