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" I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing is really good for that. "

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" My designs at Ungaro are a lot more sexual, in more of an obvious way: my personal designers are a little bit more sideways. "

" Clothes that a wallflower would like, that's not my thing. I like people who look interesting. "

" I went to public and state schools - not at the same time. I did my art foundation course at Harrogate College of Arts. This brilliant tutor suggested I apply to Central Saint Martins. I adored it. "

" I'd really love to dress Lauren Bacall. She's incredibly interesting - a gorgeous, stylish woman with a strong personality. "

" You take it very seriously when you start any project, but not everything in life ends up where you think it's going to be. "

" I liked natural history. I liked the outdoors. And I found the sea quite interesting. "

" The natural world is a source of inspiration. "

" 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 have an art-school background, not a fashion background where it's like, 'Oh, we're going on holiday to Miami.' "

" When I was younger, I wanted to be a marine biologist, among other things. "

" Fashion designers seem the busiest people on the planet. "

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

" I don't like acres of faceless girls walking. "

" 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. "

" I can be very modern and experimental. "

" I believe in the democracy of design. "

" I don't really have a mentor. "

" There's one thing I would like to do on the high street, and that's something different to what's been done before. So, who knows what that could be. "

" People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't believe in a recipe for success. You have to work hard; you may not always get it right - you have to bounce back from situations, and you have to be really focused and determined. It's important to have fun as well. Work shouldn't be a torture. "

" Everybody's got a lot to their personalities. You're not just one element. There are some days you want something that can be a bit stricter or a bit more disciplined or something a bit more floaty and a bit freer. "

" There are some great skinny girls, but it's about characters, isn't it? That's what I find attractive. People who've had interesting lives and tell you something that you don't know or are really good fun. "

" I like to have a swim in the morning, a great way to start the day. "

" People should just get over themselves. "

" People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown. "

" Why shouldn't we want everybody to have a piece of Giles in their wardrobe? "

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