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" I'm very proud of the world that's embracing all these different ideas of what it is to be diverse, in 2017. "

Edward Enninful

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" 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. "

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" Prince was not scared. The first time I heard someone sing about AIDS, it was Prince: 'In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.' He was not afraid of taboos. "

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" There's a lot of research and time that goes into my shoots. I spend weeks on them, even for one picture. "

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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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" I learned that fashion was about more than fancy images. That there was a business side as well. "

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" My 'Vogue' is about being inclusive; it's about diversity. Showing different women, different body shapes, different races, class. To be tackling gender. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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" I was very honoured to be awarded an OBE in 2016 for my services to diversity in the fashion industry. "

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" 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. "

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" Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. "

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" The more you style, the better you get. Don't give up. At a certain point, the magic happens. "

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

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" With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much. "

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" The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Most of the time, working as a stylist, you're at home, working on your own, researching. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I don't think everything has to be new all the time. You don't have to have the latest designer all the time to look good. Just have things you're comfortable with, have key pieces that you can sort of reinvent over and over again, and always keep things that you really love for a while. "

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" Social media is fine, depending on how you use it. "

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" I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor. "

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" I grew up in west London, but my dad wouldn't let me go to school there, so I went in south London. "

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" When you leave your house in the morning, however you dress is the way you want the world to see you. "

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" A queen does not wear clothes off the runways. "

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