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" I'll spend a couple of days in Paris, a couple back in London, some time at the factory in Italy... I like travelling, but it can be a struggle to get home for weekends. "

Giles Deacon

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" My designs are slightly subversive in their way; it can be in the cut or the colour, but they're always obtainable: they're not so difficult that a 40-year-old woman wanting to go to a cocktail party looking foxy and a little bit different in something well-made would be alienated by them. "

" People should just get over themselves. "

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" My friends and I used to take two-hour trips to the record store in Newcastle, and we started buying copies of The Face and i-D. And then I went to art school, and as time progressed, I ended up where I am now. "

" I love London. Wherever I've lived, I've always had my flat here. "

" I'm lucky that I've worked with the biggest divas in the world. We've had Miss Piggy and Minnie Mouse, so I've got to be careful who I say now, but obviously, I'd love to dress them again. "

" If you've invested money in buying a piece, you don't want it to just disintegrate. We all have that first wash anxiety, when that great t-shirt you've just bought shrinks away to nothing. "

" I am really looking forward to walking past people on the street wearing my clothes and know I am designing for an everyday woman. "

" I think a bit of jewellery that cheers you up for the day isn't a bad thing. "

" A healthy body really does make for a healthy mind. "

" With couture, it means I get to show fall in July with delivery in September. My clients will be getting their pieces in season. "

" At a certain period in time, the fashion industry was portraying this image of a totally unrealistic woman, women who are not allowed to be themselves. "

" One day I'll do a Dorian Gray, and there will be a picture in the attic. I'll look like Helen Daniels from 'Neighbours' after her stroke. "

" I did an art foundation course, and I knew I wanted to do something in a creative field. And fashion just seemed like the most fun. "

" The customer who likes to be noticed is important to us. "

" I really like doing good work and working with good people - that's the thing that drives me. "

" My parents weren't into fashion. I didn't have an eccentric granny who mixed lace mantillas with tweed. "

" I don't design for wallflowers. "

Giles Deacon

Design

" I love historical references. "

" Women I've known have always been quite strong and confident women. Sure, I've got some friends who aren't so overtly confident, or at least don't appear that way. But when you get to know them, they are very much so. "

" Pretty much hated school. I never really found my footing. I just didn't like lessons. "

Giles Deacon

Pretty

School

" I do like designing clothes that are - not exactly lofty but intellectual in their sexiness. "

Giles Deacon

Intellectual

Clothes

" I've been a fella in the fashion industry for a very long time now, and the industry has been very good to me. "

Giles Deacon

Fashion

Good

" With couture, the great thing is that each piece has its own character, and you have space to explore and continue themes season after season. "

" DAKS is a much more restrained silhouette, and there's a real emphasis on daywear, outerwear, and tailoring. It's more stripped-down. "

Giles Deacon

Restrained

Silhouette

" I always find the idea of Britishness a bit of a boring old concept, to be honest. That world of Britishness always comes off a bit twee and only about cream teas and that sort of things. "

" I don't really see the point in planning to show off-schedule. I think it's things like showing on-schedule that helps London be organised as it is. "

" I don't really have a mentor. "

Giles Deacon

Mentor

Really

" I can be very modern and experimental. "