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" I'd rather wear black than bright florals like most fat ladies do. "

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" In the past, you'd have one magazine, it would arrive monthly, and that was your magazine. You'd devour it; you'd absorb all the knowledge in it; you'd read it over and over again. "

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" I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote. "

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

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" Everything is not on a plate for you at Saint Martins - it's about personality, about working out how to do it. "

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" I have no unhappy memories of my childhood. "

" I still believe that education is about provoking some kind of original, creative thought. "

" Fashion is an incredibly tough, unforgiving industry. "

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" I think the problem is that fashion has become too fashionable. "

" I've always loved books. "

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" What is good work? You just know it when you see it. You just can't explain it. "

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" 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. "