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" I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community. "

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" When you start out in the industry and things are tough, and you're not really making money, you question yourself: should I give up? "

Edward Enninful

You

Tough

" My memories of London Fashion Week are of starting out and not getting many tickets for fashion shows, but wanting to see them so much that I'd sneak in with my friends, people like Pat McGrath and Craig McDean. "

" My mother and father just taught me the basics: to be really kind, to really listen to people. I have never been one to put on airs and graces. "

" I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant. "

" Never forget that it sometimes takes a foreigner's eye to capture Britain most clearly. "

" I didn't know anything about the fashion industry until I met the stylist Simon Foxton on a Tube. I was 16, on my way to Kingsway College, and then my whole world opened up. Before that, like in every African family, you are meant to be a lawyer. "

" I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in. "

Edward Enninful

Think

Live

" Social media and technology are democratising and opening up fashion and the process of fashion for all - this has good and bad sides, but that comes with any change. "

" I want 'Vogue' to feel like a shop that you're not scared to walk into, one that's quite welcoming. "

Edward Enninful

Scared

Feel

" I think if you're really good at what you do, you can see outside the box. "

" When I started in the nineties, a sample size was a 4 and a 6. "

" When I was growing up, David Bowie was my idol. I grew up in inner-city London, and he was from Brixton, which is even more urban. "

Edward Enninful

London

Growing Up

" I didn't grow up with money; I didn't come from a rich family. But what fashion gave me was an escape into a world of creativity: if I couldn't afford that Junior Gaultier jacket, then I'd get one from the market and customise it. "

" I've always been very fascinated by technology - the Internet, social media. "

" The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry. "

" I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people. "

" I am definitely allergic to wheat. Every time I eat it, I feel awful. "

" The funny thing is that the fashions from the '90s seem to sit so well with the fashions of 2016. Everything from then somehow skipped and came back. "

" I don't think I'm in any way an icon, to be very honest. "

" I'm so fascinated by the influence of social media on fashion. I've seen so many artists on Instagram, up and comers you would have never known otherwise. "

" I was really sheltered growing up, with six brothers and sisters. We played together all the time, and I was living in a fantasy world, like most creative people. "

" I take random inspiration from everywhere. "

" My mother was a seamstress, so I always grew up with her making clothes. I knew how to construct outfits. I knew how to sketch. I knew how to customise. But I could never imagine it as a career. "

" I felt like I grew up with Bowie. I never dressed like him, even though I did love the music, but consistently throughout my career he has been a go-to reference point: The suit from 'Young Americans,' or the gold Missoni-type looks of Ziggy Stardust. 'The Berlin Years' still influences me. "

" I realise I am stepping into the shoes of a hugely respected editor in the shape of Alexandra Shulman, someone who has chosen to leave at the top of their game with a legacy of 25 years of success. "

" I am black in a predominantly white industry, and I have been luckier than most. "

" You could say slowly but surely, the world is changing in a good way - equality in all forms is more and more part of the global conversation, and people are celebrating diversity and individuality. "

" There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently Americana and reminiscent of the American Dream - an optimistic dream of opportunity, individuality, freedom, and the embodiment of one living their truth. "

" Growing up, I loved the imagery I saw from America as it celebrated being the land of the free and home of the brave. "

" I'm just propelled by insecurity; that's what really leads me to want to do better. "

Edward Enninful

Insecurity

Want