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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. "

Louise Wilson

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" Youth re-energises. "

Louise Wilson

Youth

" I've always loved books. "

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

" I was born in Cambridgeshire and moved to Scotland when I was seven. "

" Fashion is an incredibly tough, unforgiving industry. "

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

" I'm becoming the Simon Cowell of fashion. "

" 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. "

" There's a broad range of fashion: knitwear, textiles, journalism. "

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

" 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. "

" In 'Who's Who,' my hobbies are listed as eating, sleeping, and voicing one's opinion. Not necessarily the right opinion, but it's mine. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" I'd love to be charming and softly spoken, but that's never going to happen. "

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

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

" Without art, you don't have society. It underpins so much. "

" At the end of the day, I'm a very boring academic, bogged down with academia and structure and delivering an education. "

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

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

Louise Wilson

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Wear

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

" 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'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. "

" Fashion's transient - it moves. "